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==Environmental impacts== Some conservation organisations expressed concerns about the potential environmental impacts of introducing bumblebees around the world to aid in pollination.<ref>{{citation |url=https://invasives.org.au/blog/lambies-bumblebee-deal-carries-feral-sting-in-its-tail/ |title=Lambie's bumblebee deal carries feral sting in its tail |date=24 September 2015 |publisher=The Invasive Species Council |accessdate=30 September 2016}}</ref> In Australia, as bumblebees are not native, and Australia has a number of widely publicised environmental disasters caused by escaped introduced species ("[[feral species]]"), research is under way to adapt the use of the [[Fauna of Australia|Australian native]] ''[[Amegilla cingulata]]'' (blue banded bees) for the same task.<ref>Dollin A. (2006). "[http://www.aussiebee.com.au/abol-010.html Blue Banded Bee Pollination Trials at Adelaide Uni.]" ''Aussie Bee'', September 2006. Australian Native Bee Research Centre.</ref>
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