The climate crisis could lead to more small-bodied bees but fewer bumble bees, according to recently-published research. Scientists in the U.S. trapped and studied more than 20,000 bees over eight years in an area of the Rocky Mountains to find out how different types reacted to changing climatic conditions. They found that larger-bodied bees and comb-building cavity nesters declined in abundance as temperatures increased, while smaller, soil-nesting bees increased. “Our research suggests that climate-induced changes in temperature, snowpack and summer precipitation may drastically reshape bee communities.”