A Ghost In The Making

Everyone has heard about bee declines but with so much attention focused on domesticated honeybees someone has to speak up for the 4000 species of native bees in North America Natural history photographer Clay Bolt is on a multiyear quest to tell the stories of our native bees and one elusive species the Rustypatched Bumble Bee has become his white whale Traveling from state to state in search of the Rustypatched he meets the scientists and conservationists working tirelessly to preserve it Clays journey finally brings him to Wisconsin where he comes face to face with his quarry and discovers an answer to the question that has been nagging him why save a species