A rare species of bumblebee thought to be extinct in Michigan was recently rediscovered in Kalamazoo.
The rusty-patched bumblebee was last spotted in Michigan in 1999, according to Michigan State University and was the first bumblebee to receive federal protection, after it was declared endangered in 2017.
But after over 20 years, a dead male specimen turned up in a driveway near Asylum Lake on August 4…