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“Rusty Patched Bumblebee Added to Endangered Species List” In the article, “Rusty Patched Bumblebee Added to Endangered Species List,”written on 1-19-17, the associated press and Newsela staff tells us about how the rusty patched bumblebees’ numbers have been dropping at alarming rate over the past 20 years because they have been experiencing diseases spreading and habitat loss. It has not gone unnoticed though. United States Fish and Wildlife Service have just recently put them on the endangered list. The government plans on rebuilding the bees population by having the citizens provide the bees with more habitat and they want to lower the amount of pesticides and insecticides used that harm bees. Although these bees are endangered, there

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