All,
Please see the link below to the final report from the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis) ex situ assessment and planning meeting held in Minneapolis in February 2020. This meeting, sponsored by US Fish and Wildlife Service, The Ohio State University, Minnesota Zoo and IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group, explored various ways that ex situ management of RPBB could benefit recovery efforts of this endangered species. Additionally we discuss critical research needs for the species recovery.
http://cpsg.org/content/rusty-patched-bumble-bee-ex-situ-assessment-and-planning-workshop-report
Best regards,
Jamie
James P. Strange (he/him/his)
Professor and Chair
College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences
Department of Entomology
216 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd., Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-9325 Office
stran...@osu.edu / entomology.osu.edu