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In the news
  • Chicago Tribune - The endangered rusty patched bumblebee is at the center of a legal challenge over habitat that conservationists say it needs to survive
  • Natural Resources Defense Council - Chicago, a "Sweet Home" for an Endangered Bee? 
  • Daily Northwestern - Evanston Host Plant Initiative works to save endangered bee species
  • Evanston RoundTable - Community Science Project Hopes to Draw Endangered Bumble Bee to Evanston Gardens
  • DePaul Newsline - Saving the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, One Plant at a Time
  • Fox 32 - How you can save the bees one plant at a time

​Local native bee conservation efforts
  • Natural Habitat Evanston
  • Pollinator Pledge
  • Shady Grove Wildflower Farm

About the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
  • Northern Illinois Bumble Bee Identification and Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Concerns by Terry Miesle
  • Xerces Society
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
  • A Ghost in the Making Documentary
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Fact Sheet
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Rusty Patched Bumble Bee identification
  • Xerces: Pocket Guide for Identifying the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
  • Bee Spotter: Bumble Bee Field Guides
  • UMN: Bee Lab
  • UMN: Rusty Patched Bumble Bee ID Video
  • UMN: Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Queens ID Video

About bees
  • Native Bee Society​
  • The Secret World of Bees (Documentary)
  • Xerces Society: Bumble Bees
  • My Garden of a Thousand Bees (Documentary)
  • Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide by Heather Holm (Book)

Other threatened & endangered species
  • Midwest Species
  • IUCN Redlist
  • Xerces: Endangered Species
  • Pollinators of Native Plants by Heather Holm (Book)​

Creating habitat in yards
  • Prairie Moon Nursery - Seeds for the Rusty Patched Patched Bumble Bee
  • Homegrown National Park by Doug Tallamy (Books & Videos)
  • ​Bumble Bee Banquet: Selecting Native Plants for Bumble Bees by Heather Holm (Video)
  • Pollinator Partnership: Ecoregional Pollinator Friendly Planting Guides
  • ​99% Invisible: Lawn Order (podcast episode about history and regulations of lawns)
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