Sting in the tale
NEVER having seen so many bumblebees before in my life as this year, including more than 80 together on one small bush, I was surprised to read that they are "facing extinction" (your report, 2 July).
I was also interested to read that they are mainly now confined to nature reserves after "being isolated" by intensively farmed land, since I was under the impression that under 10 per cent of Scotland's land area was intensively farmed.
There is no doubt an underlying truth somewhere in the study, but, as reported, it does little to give me confidence in the scientific validity of such exercises.
HECTOR MacLEAN
Balnaboth
Kirriemuir, Angus
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