🐝Research Highlight🐝 During an ongoing study of Oklahoma’s bumble bees, an OU team has assessed the distribution and habitat of bees, including bumble bees recently petitioned under the Endangered Species Act. In doing so, they have found that the American bumble bee, a species declining in many other states, is the most abundant bumble bee species in Oklahoma. In part of a larger pollinator study, the team also encountered a leaf cutter bee that was presumed extinct and discovered several new bee species . . . . . #bee #bees #bumblebee #beeresearch #pollinator #pollinatorresearch #oklahoma #OU uofoklahoma #universityofoklahoma #conservation #outdoors #wildlife