Volunteers Sought for Bee Census Project, AP Reports
The Associated Press reported Maine officials are looking for volunteers to help with the Maine Bumble Bee Atlas project to document bee range and abundance. A Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife spokesman said the project is important because of significant declines in some species since the 1990s, according to the article. The project is being coordinated by the state and the University of Maine in Orono and Farmington. The first training workshop is slated for May 16 in Orono, the article states. More information about the project is online. Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), Foster’s Daily Democrat and New York’s Times Union carried the AP report.