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One In Five Colorado Bumblebees Are Endangered
climate changeColoradoMesa Verde National ParkRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryRocky FordCucumis meloApis melliferaBombus
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On a cliffside at Mesa Verde National Park in southern Colorado, a fuzzy bee was industriously gnawing at the red sandstone. Making a loud grinding sound, the insect used its powerful jaws to drill tunnels and holes in rocks, where it would build a nest for raising offspring. The bee, known as Antho
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