Quarter of known bee species have not been recorded since 1990
Source: The Guardian
Quarter of known bee species have not been recorded since 1990
Global study finds that species numbers reported in the wild fell sharply between 1990 and 2015
Patrick Barkham
@patrick_barkham
Fri 22 Jan 2021 16.00 GMT
The number of wild bee species recorded by an international database of life on Earth has declined by a quarter since 1990, according to a global analysis of bee declines.
Researchers analysed bee records from museums, universities and citizen scientists collated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, (GBIF) a global, government-funded network providing open-access data on biodiversity.
They found a steep decline in bee species being recorded since 1990, with approximately 25% fewer species reported between 2006 and 2015 than before the 1990s.
Although this does not mean these species are extinct, it may indicate that some have become so scarce that they are no longer regularly observed in the wild.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/22/quarter-of-known-bee-species-have-not-been-recorded-since-1990
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Related: Worldwide occurrence records suggest a global decline in bee species richness (One Earth)
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