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# Rusty-Patched Rescue: Saving America's Wild Bees
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/human-footprint/extras/rusty-patched-rescue-saving-americas-wild-bees-oflfr4/
- Published: 2025-07-08T16:01:06.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T18:48:11.000Z
- Description: Clay Bolt and Shane trace the decline of wild bees — and fight to bring them back.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Human Footprint, #ZZZ_Show_920c28e7-cc8d-4bd4-a6a1-1d54d80cf6c8, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_71141b7e-f57d-489f-9040-defcebb0d8e5, #extra

Wild bees like the rusty-patched bumble bee are vanishing — but not without a fight. Conservation photographer Clay Bolt shares how a rare sighting sparked a nationwide effort to protect native pollinators. Shane joins Clay in Wisconsin to witness one of North America’s rarest bees and uncovers how pesticides, habitat loss, and climate change are threatening the future of wild bees.