The Buzz in Your Garden: Bumble Bees of Wisconsin

Paid Course. Half of Wisconsin’s bumble bees species are threatened. This course shows how each of us can make a difference. Learn what is causing bee population declines, and how to support their native habitat and flower needs. Along the garden path we will learn to identify many of Wisconsin’s 20 bumble bee species. Participants will delve into the life cycles of bumble bees, and flower/bee mutualism resulting from the evolved phenologies of bumble bees and the native flowers they visit for nectar and pollen. We will also explore nesting and hibernation habitat needs, and life inside the bumble bee nest.
Recommended book: Bumble Bees of North America by Paul Williams

You may also like the following events from Wild Ones Fox Valley Area Chapter:

• Next month, 16th August, 12:00 pm, Native Plant Ecology and Identification PART 3 OF 3 PART Course in Stevens Point
• Next month, 23rd August, 09:00 am, Wisconsin Forests in Stockbridge
• This September, 20th September, 12:00 pm, Native Plant Form and Function Part 3 of 3 Part Course in Stevens Point

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