nikki gammans: no? anyone else for tea? did you get your tea?ans, they're on the trail of endangered bumblebees. dr. gammans: dave just got a brown-banded bombus humilis there the other day, so i'm keeping my fingers crossed for you, that you see a few rare bees. these guys are specifically here to see rare bees, so no pressure, you two. eric: their hunting ground is the dungeness national nature reserve on the strait of dover. for the past decade, dr. gammans has been monitoring bees for the bumblebee conservation trust. dr. gammans: if you just take the uk alone, we have one in three of our bee species is actually classed as rare or threatened. we've had two species go extinct in the uk and a further seven are rare and threatened of just our bumblebees. eric: it's not just the wildlife that's disappearing, but the wild land they once depended on. dr. gammans: over the last 60, 70 years, we've lost over 97% of our ancient wildflower meadows. eric: as well as counting bees, dr. gammans is planting bee-friendly flowers, and today there's an unexp