It’s been 44 years since scientists last spotted the elusive San Francisco leaf-cutter bee, a rare species found only in the temperate marine climate of the Bay Area.
This month, a team of researchers with One Tam confirmed a sighting of the insect, which is listed among the region’s endangered invertebrates, in the Lagunitas Creek watershed.
The rediscovery comes at a time when the global decline in the bee population has sparked concern, leading…