Volunteer Training to Begin for Maine Bee Census Project, AP Reports

The Associated Press reported officials with the Maine Bumble Bee Atlas project will begin training citizen volunteers Saturday at the University of Maine. The project aims to help determine Maine bee range and abundance, according to the report. The project is being coordinated by the state, UMaine and the University of Maine at Farmington. Sun Journal, WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) and WABI (Channel 5) carried the AP report.