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>> quijano: not long ago, about half the country was buzzing with rusty-patched bumblebees. these were garden-variety "busy bees" -- prodigious pollinators of many crops. this week, they became the first to land on the u.s. endangered species list. mark strassmann has our report. >> in eastern tennessees smoky mountains national park, the only place you can now see a rusty patched bumble bee is inside this drawer, part of the parks nature collection. entomologist becky nichols.

>> we havent seen them in the park since 2001. >> not a single one? >> no. >> rusty patched bumblebees, important pollinators for tomatoes, nest underground. over the last 20 years, the species has suffered a 90 percent decline in population and habitat, a range that that once included 28 states and stretched into the upper midwest and northeast. they face many threats. loss of habitat, pesticides, diseases. all of these things can contribute to the overall decline of pollinators. >> bumblebees,...

Honeybees, butterflies; in all, about 40% of so-called invertebrate pollinator species now face extinction. about 75% of the worlds food supply depends at least partly s what they do. .rofessor sydney cameron teaches entomology at the university of illinois. he one in every third bite of food is pollinated by bees. a huge factor is the bumblebee itself. a lot of our food is dependent upon these bees. if thats not important, i dont know what is. >> reporter: but nichols sees new hope. >> the firs...

Thops. well, this week they landed on oue endangered species list. mark strassmann has our report. >> reporter: in eastern tennessees great smoky mountain national park, the only place you can now see a rusty patch bumblebee is inside this floor, part of the parks nature collection. >> these two boxes here. >> reporter: entomologist becky nichols. >> we havent seen them here in the park since 2001. og reporter: not a single one? e no. >> reporter: rusty patch bumblebees, important pollinators fo...

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Pollinate the fruits, nuts and vegetables that are crucial for our diets and the nations food industry. experts have said that you can thank a pollinator for one out of three bites of food that you eat. a vital part of our economy also rides on the tiny little backs of bees. they contributing more than $15 billion in value to agricultural crops each year in the united states. yet the buzz around bees has been bad lately. bee keepers have for years been reporting unusually high losses of 30% to 9...

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