Equipped with insect nets, vials and a temperature-controlled cooler, Nature NB is searching across Fredericton this summer to document an important but not well understood neighbour: the native bumblebee.
Nature NB bumblebee survey helps build a baseline for pollinator conservation across New Brunswick
Olivia Zhong · CBC News
· Posted: Jul 27, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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Surveyors identify bumblebees at Carleton Park, one of Nature NB’s nine pollinator sites in Fredericton. (Olivia Zhong/CBC)
Equipped with insect nets, vials and a temperature-controlled cooler, Nature NB is searching across Fredericton this summer to document an important but not well understood neighbour: the native bumblebee.
The conservation group is carrying out its first season of field surveys to track bumblebee species in the capital.
The program, developed by the Mi’kmaq-led Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources in Cape Breton, is working to create a comprehensive map of bumblebee locations and habitats in New Brunswick and the rest of the Maritimes.
“No one has ever surveyed these sites on a consistent basis,” said Francie Morgan, a program co-ordinator for Nature NB leading this initiative.
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