firestarw (@firestarw.bsky.social)

I discovered the elusive chestnut mining bee in New York after a gap of 119 years For decades, there was no record of Andrena rehni exisiting in the US. In 2018 it was found in Maryland and five years later I found it in New York State https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/30/i-discovered-chestnut-mining-bee-new-york-molly-jacobson-aoe?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1774876405