For the first time ever, a bumblebee is on the U.S. endangered species list

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For the first time ever, a bumblebee is on the U.S. endangered species list
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The rusty *****ed bumblebee has ventured into new territory: the endangered species list.*

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) added the bee to the list Tuesday, earning it the sad ho**r as the first-ever bumblebee in the U.S. with the endangered designation, according (https://www.fws.gov/midwest/news/861.html) to the federal agency.

The bee has seen a dramatic population decline in the past 20 years.

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This is a rusty *****ed bumblebee in Minnesota.

Image: Sarah Foltz Jordan/The Xerces Society via AP


"Listing the bee as endangered will help us mobilize partners and focus resources on finding ways right **w to stop the decline," said Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Director Tom Melius in a press release (https://www.fws.gov/midwest/news/861.html).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/bumblebee-first-endangered-species/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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