Training Begins for Residents to Gather Bee Data, AP Reports
The Associated Press reported citizen volunteer training began May 16 at the University of Maine for the Maine Bumble Bee Atlas project. The training workshop is the first to begin to show residents how to gather information about the range and abundance of the state’s bees, according to the report. The Maine Bumble Bee Atlas project aims to help determine the state’s bee range and abundance, according to the report. The project is being coordinated by the state, UMaine and the University of Maine at Farmington. Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2) and SFGate carried the AP report.