As the climate of the Rocky Mountains warms, bumblebee inhabitants of lower elevations are shifting their ranges into the alpine zone--presumably to escape warming temperatures below. At the same time, the only two species found in the alpine 50-60 years ago are in decline, a new study in Global Change Biology reports. What does this portend for these fuzzy pandas of the bee world and the plants they pollinate?

The second book in the Legend Keepers middle-grade series is here! Copies can now be ordered from bookstores and from online booksellers. For those of you not familiar with the series, see my interview in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle newspaper (bottom of the linked page) as well as other details about both books in this series on my website's home page. Thanks!