{"id":43142,"date":"2023-09-19T10:46:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.qa.caorda.com\/blog\/whats-buzzing-in-bumble-butts-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:14:18","slug":"buzzworthy-pursuits-finding-rare-and-at-risk-bumble-bee-species-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/buzzworthy-pursuits-finding-rare-and-at-risk-bumble-bee-species-in-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"Buzzworthy pursuits: Finding rare and at-risk bumble bee species in Ontario."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-5knv2yq-e189c31b428861e94a10168b73796e41 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-43142'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfri2y67-d57dc89b46ea92682e6ad55d45de7a86\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lfri2y67-d57dc89b46ea92682e6ad55d45de7a86 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lfri2y67-d57dc89b46ea92682e6ad55d45de7a86 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lfri2y67-d57dc89b46ea92682e6ad55d45de7a86 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-43146 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-43146 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/w-american-bumble-bee-1288x1080.jpg' alt='' title='w-american-bumble-bee'  height=\"1080\" width=\"1288\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfri4qsx-dde2734efa577614a3af283ef6eb9576'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>An \u2018American bumble bee\u2019<\/em> <em>(Bombus pensylvanicus) queen. Photo: T. Harrison.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfri1te3-a3db8f42a69412979a17913f4101aad2\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lfri1te3-a3db8f42a69412979a17913f4101aad2{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lfri1te3-a3db8f42a69412979a17913f4101aad2 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lfri1te3-a3db8f42a69412979a17913f4101aad2 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lfri1te3-a3db8f42a69412979a17913f4101aad2 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_post_metadata'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Buzzworthy pursuits: Finding rare and at-risk bumble bee species in Ontario. <\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18\">\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18 .av-post-metadata-container-inner{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18 av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-published\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-published\">Publi\u00e9 le<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-published-date\" >septembre 19, 2023<\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-author\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-author\">par<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-author-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/author\/cole-blair\/\"  rel=\"author\">Cole Blair<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-category\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-categories\">|<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/bumble-bee-recovery\/\" >R\u00e9tablissement des bourdons<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/bumble-bees\/\" >Les bourdons<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/native-pollinator-initiative\/\" >Initiative pour les pollinisateurs indig\u00e8nes<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/news-and-events\/\" >Actualit\u00e9s et \u00e9v\u00e9nements<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/project\/pollinators\/\" >Pollinisateurs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_end\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-3vqkw1y-5a89ba0c0151e932fac962d75debe400 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_half  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-43142'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3o75dd2-e8674eb6f731928cf9d85a33166d2a7b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-2x0211i-b56dc09fcde6b61b287034c1b2bfdcf6'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Within the bee world, the most well-known species is undoubtedly the European honey bee (<em>Apis mellifera<\/em>). However, many aspects of our terrestrial ecosystems \u2013 namely the pollination of wild and agricultural plants \u2013 rely on the humble bumble bee (genus <em>Bombus<\/em>). To combat the unfortunate decline of our vital native bumble bee species, Wildlife Preservation Canada\u2019s Native Pollinator Initiative implements a variety of conservation techniques that require on-the-ground fieldwork.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c9levage de conservation <\/strong>is a crucial component in understanding species-at-risk and boosting their populations, and is also a technique we focus on with the \u2018Special Concern\u2019 yellow-banded bumble bee (<em>Bourdon terricola<\/em>) (you can learn more about our bumble bee breeding lab <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/big-bumble-breeding-breakthroughs\/\">ici<\/a>). Of course, our breeding efforts can\u2019t begin if we don\u2019t have bees in the lab, so capturing yellow-banded bumble bee queens is one of our top priorities during spring surveys!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_2'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-43142'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2kdsah2-e5c40efb0f170cc48a14747987d7402d av_one_half  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lmqi0imh-0ba8cf3bd609e4d6a12704154a7be826\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lmqi0imh-0ba8cf3bd609e4d6a12704154a7be826 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lmqi0imh-0ba8cf3bd609e4d6a12704154a7be826 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lmqi0imh-0ba8cf3bd609e4d6a12704154a7be826 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-9  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-43147 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-43147 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/w-fernalds-cuckoo--1288x1080.jpg' alt='' title='w-fernalds-cuckoo-'  height=\"1080\" width=\"1288\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1zu17c6-44dd3ba3b1d90926921dfcbdc97da487 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lmqi0rk1-0cf7de3579ddcbdc5e5fe01593e404bc\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lmqi0rk1-0cf7de3579ddcbdc5e5fe01593e404bc img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lmqi0rk1-0cf7de3579ddcbdc5e5fe01593e404bc .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lmqi0rk1-0cf7de3579ddcbdc5e5fe01593e404bc av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-11  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-43148 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-43148 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/w-yellow-bumble-bee-1288x1080.jpg' alt='' title='w-yellow-bumble-bee'  height=\"1080\" width=\"1288\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-o8wjae-4a976b6d47b3fb43dc8340ff82367722 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_section  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-43142'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-lgbuoy-0fb0d8b22e95d20771ca047b3e6386ea av_one_full  avia-builder-el-13  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first  author-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfrie6xg-b34a4db2ef1e980a7ff781bb2c472bc5'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Left: Fernald\u2019s cuckoo bumble bee (B. flavidus) female. Right: yellow bumble bee (B. fervidus) worker. Cooling the bees or observing from within vials helps us identify tricky species! Photos: C. Blair.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Finding these bees also serves as a reward for our hardworking field teams and I speak from firsthand experience! In the 2023 field season, our two field teams, operating out of Guelph and Sudbury, captured and identified a combined 59 bumble bees belonging to species that are either at-risk or are known to be rare. Of these, 43 were yellow-banded, which is unsurprising since we often pick sites where this species has been recorded, and 4 were American bumble bees (<em>B. pensylvanicus<\/em>) \u2013 a species also listed as \u2018Special Concern\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>We also identified a handful of other bumble bees that, while not having a dire conservation status, are evidenced to be experiencing declines in Canada or are otherwise rare: 2 yellow bumble bees (<em>B. fervidus<\/em>), 1 frigid bumble bee (<em>B. frigidus<\/em>), 5 black and gold bumble bees (<em>B. aur<\/em><em>icomus<\/em>), 2 Fernald\u2019s cuckoo bumble bees (<em>B. flavidus<\/em>), and 2 lemon cuckoo bumble bees (<em>B. citrinus<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Finding these species requires thoughtful planning and a healthy dose of luck. Some of my favorite fieldwork experiences are surveying a new site for the first time and capturing one or more of these bumble bees. In 2022, for example, the Guelph team ventured into Toronto and surveyed at a local park complex, where black and gold bumble bees (<em>B. auricomus<\/em>) were first recorded in a WPC survey! We re-visited that same park in 2023 and were able to find them once again (this is the only site where we\u2019ve found them). Needless to say, I am eager to go back in spring 2024 and find more!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lmqiie8v-5c7aaddb2a66613243bf578474def9d8\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lmqiie8v-5c7aaddb2a66613243bf578474def9d8 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lmqiie8v-5c7aaddb2a66613243bf578474def9d8 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lmqiie8v-5c7aaddb2a66613243bf578474def9d8 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-43149 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-43149 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/auricomus-queens-2023-T-Harrison-810x1080.jpg' alt='' title='auricomus queens 2023 T Harrison'  height=\"1080\" width=\"810\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lmqiisuk-733f73b2952550bd47fb1a63b0509d24'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Black and gold bumble bee (B. auricomus) queens. A species dear to my heart! Photo: T. Harrison.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_4'  class='avia-section av-1oxojom-7809dac7174bba05988da176cd9b1c51 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-43142'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-19zn4au-b0b68f517547eb4f41d820421752bca4 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-18  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  author-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lmqi961e-9879a95985dcb8c69efdd52425bf0749'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Cole Blair<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ontario Program Coordinator \u2013 Native Pollinator Initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cole\u2019s time with WPC began as a graduate student at the University of Toronto, where he researched harmful parasites in bumble bees (he looked at a LOT of bee poop). He has since played a supporting role as a technician in both the field and in our bumble bee Conservation Breeding Lab. 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