Natural History Wanderings

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy reports

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy working with the National Park Service, California State Parks, Marin Water, and Marin County Parks as the One Tam partnership, announces the finding of the rare San Francisco leaf-cutter bee (Trachusa gummifera) in Marin County. Scientists have documented T. gummifera, which is endemic to the Bay Area, less than 100 times total, and not since 1980. Tamalpais Bee Lab, a community science program of One Tam, found T. gummifera on public lands in Marin County.

Read more and see photos at  One Tam Community Science Program Finds Rare Bee Lost for Decades | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy