Collecting bees to understand them. How volunteers map Washington’s population

The Washington Bee Atlas recently hosted a field training at Birch Bay State Park to train volunteers for its statewide ...
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Bee collecting 101: Here's how Washington Bee Atlas volunteers collect bees to study

Master Melittologist Trainer Karla Salp teaches new volunteers with the Washington Bee Atlas how to collect bees at Birch Bay State Park on April 24, 2026.
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Volunteers needed to collect data on bees to save them

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bees are important to our world, yet they’re becoming increasingly more endangered, but there’s a way you can help save them. Advocates with the Xerces Society say they need more ...
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BOMMER'S BEES: Bees are collecting pollen as they ready for winter

The bees are working very hard to collect all of the pollen they can. Nectar is very scarce at this time of the year, and the pollen will be one of their winter’s food sources. The collection of fall ...
The Spokesman-Review

Twenty master gardeners have collected 25,000 bees. Here’s why.

In the last three years, on behalf of the Pennsylvania Bee Monitoring Program, 20 master gardeners from around Pennsylvania have netted and trapped more than 25,000 specimens across 25 counties. They ...
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Bee collecting 101: here's how Washington Bee Atlas volunteers collect bees to study

Master Melittologist Trainer Karla Salp teaches new volunteers with the Washington Bee Atlas how to collect bees at Birch Bay State Park on April 24, 2026.