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Bee City USA & Bee Campus USA March 2022 E-News Getting Ready for Spring Outreach March 2022 Getting Ready for Spring Outreach I don’t know about you, but I’m looking for hints of spring. Here in Portland the birds are singing and we’re getting war

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Join the adventure and become a Xerces Kid today! Join the adventure and become a Xerces Kid today! What is the X Kids Program? Many years ago, there was a butterfly called the Xerces blue. The Xerces blue lived in sand dunes on the edge of San Francisco in California and its caterpillars depended on specific plants growing there to eat. Over the y...

New Xerces Newsletter is out! Here's a link for Native Plantings Lists by Region/Zone

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Fireflies are Pollinators too!

Shining a Light on Firefly Conservation View as Webpage February 9, 2022 Hear the word firefly or lightning bug, and what comes to mind? Warm summer nights? Flickering lights in the encroaching dark? Maybe soft grass underfoot, with childre

Some VERY good stories for the new year! It's time to start planning your 2022 Pollinator Garden!

Planting Seeds for a New Year View as Webpage January 12, 2022 In the new year, our minds turn to growth. For the northern hemisphere, this is the season of saving and ordering seeds, of anticipation for our invertebrate friends t

Bumble Bee Watch
October 2021



Happy Fall, Bumble Bee Watchers!

Bumble bee activity has wrapped up in most places by now and we want to thank you for a phenomenal season. A large milestone was reached this year—over 100,000 observations of bumble bees have been submitted! Amazing! In this eNews, you'll find information for an upcoming event to learn more about overwintering bumble bees called Queen Quest, an interview with an allstar Bumble Bee Watch contributor, and insight for exploring your own contributions to Bumble Bee Watch.


Get Ready for Queen Quest
Queen Quest is an annual event that aims to uncover the wonders of overwintering bumble bee queens. This event begins this Saturday, October 16th and runs through fall and winter. To participate, gather a group of interested friends and learn the simple protocol.
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Bumble Bee Watch Allstar from Quebec

Daniel Potvin-Leduc joined Bumble Bee Watch in July of 2018 and has since contributed ~1,000 observations of 19 different species! Victoria MacPhail, a Bumble Bee Watch partner, had the opportunity to interview Potvin-Leduc about his experience participating in Bumble Bee Watch.
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Exploring Your Contributions

Have you ever wondered how many records you’ve submitted to Bumble Bee Watch (B*W) or how many different species you've observed? Would you like an easy way to see all your photos or a map of all your observations? The B*W website has all these features and more.

Life List (Species Badges)
Are you familiar with “life lists”, or lists that include all the species of a certain group you have seen? Life lists are very common among the birding community and can also be used to track bumble bees! For each verified species you have submitted, you gain a new species badge. We encourage you to collect as many as you can!

To view your current badges, navigate to your profile by clicking on your username in the top right corner.


Personalized Maps
You may be familiar with the Map feature on B*W, but did you know you can apply filters to only view your records?

To view you personalized map:
1. Select Map (in the black toolbar), select Bumble Bee Sighting (or Nest Sighting for any nest observations).
2. Enter your username into the Observer box and select your name from the dropdown list.
3. Click Search.


Heat Maps
A neat way of seeing where you concentrate your observations is by viewing the Heat Map.

To view your personalized heat map:
1. Select Explore Data (in the black toolbar), then Heat Maps.
2. Enter your username into the Observer box and select your name as it appears in the dropdown list.
3. Click Search.


Photo Gallery
Thanks to each of you submitting photos, Bumble Bee Watch has an impressive gallery of species images! This is a powerful tool that can be used to improve or confirm your identifications if you use the Gallery feature to view verified photos. You can also use the filters as explained above to view photos from a particular area, or from a specific observer.


These are just a few of the ways you can explore the data on Bumble Bee Watch. There are also lists of the top contributors by region, can you "unseat" one of the top contributors for a region? This is a fun and easy way to get outside and enjoy nature while contributing to pollinator conservation. Remember, you can submit photos you may have taken in the past, as long as you know when and where they were taken!



Thank you!

We appreciate all of the amazing efforts of our participants, from coast to coast and north to south across Canada and the United States. Thanks to the dedication of more than 35,000 participants who submit their observations, Bumble Bee Watch is a substantial resource to help understand bumble bee populations. Each of your submissions helps to inform on-the-ground conservation across the continent!

Thank you for your contributions to bumble bee conservation!



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I enjoyed this article. Bees are not our only pollinators in trouble!

The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’ Insects have declined by 75% in the past 50 years – and the consequences may soon be catastrophic. Biologist Dave Goulson reveals the vital services they perform

A New Era for The Honeybee Conservancy

After a wonderful decade as The Honeybee Conservancy, we are thrilled to share we’ve relaunched as The Bee Conservancy to better capture our expanded mission to protect all bee species around the world.

Bees lie at the heart of our survival. They pollinate 1 in 3 bites of food we eat and are essential to the health and prosperity of countless ecosystems.

However, bees are in peril. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, more than half of North America’s 4,000 native bee species are in decline, with 1 in 4 species at risk of extinction.

The Bee Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting bees, safeguarding the environment, and securing food justice through education, research, habitat creation, and advocacy. We strive towards a day when all bee populations thrive in protected habitats, and are supported by an engaged global network.
Native Bee Species in North America

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Species Are at Risk of Extinction

According to the Center for Biological Diversity, more than half of North America’s 4,000 native bee species are in decline, with 1 in 4 species at risk of extinction.
Bites of Food Pollinated by Bees

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