Illinois governor signs bill designating official state bee

CHICAGO, Ill. (WTWO/WAWV) — Earlier this month, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker designated the black and gold bumblebee as the official Illinois State Bee, following a year of advocacy from students from an 8th-grade science class. Last year, students at Naperville’s Lincoln Junior High School led an initiative to grant the black and gold bumblebee as […]