Extinct Bee in the uk is being re-introduced

[Wren]

I spotted this on BBC breakfast telly this morn as I were getting ready for work.
I always wonder at this stuff, extinct species are normally extinct for a reason an largely that reason is that their habitat has been destroyed or there is not enough o it to sustain them as a species.
I do think that this particular case is a good thing, but I also wonder what has changed in the last 20 years that is good enough to support this species :/. Have our attitudes towards wildlife evolved enough to make this re-colonisation a success? Is it not akin to trying to re-colonise wolves in scotland?.
Are we respectful enough o our surroundings now to not just kill them all off again because that would be a pointless waste o time. Some o my thoughts just so we can chat about it.

Here is a link for you.
Extinct bee species returns to UK | Meridian - ITV News

Wren

[Wren]

Or not it might seem :s .
That's rather embarrassing ...lol.

Wren

[TallGirl]

Here's another link
BBC News - 'Extinct' short-haired bumblebee returns to UK

In this case, the RSPB have been working to restore the habitat that the bees needed - which mostly means planting and encouraging wild flowers, and it's good for other species too. From the article: "The work is already helping other endangered bee species in the local area: the shrill carder bee, which was absent from Dungeness for 25 years, was recently found there.

Mr Randall said: "When you come here on a still day, this is just buzzing with bees, and we're hoping that the short-haired bumblebee will join that group.""

Reintroducing wolves is quite another kettle of fish. They'd be good for degraded habitats because of how they'd help to keep the deer numbers down and the individual deer on the move, but somehow I can't imagine those with stalking and farming interests getting anything like so exercised about bumblebees as they do about the possibility of wolves!