Project Ground Nesting Bees

Project GNBee – how you can help to preserve our most threatened and valuable pollinators: the ground-nesting, solitary bees. Ground-nesting, solitary bees comprise 70% of all bee species. They are valuable, but vulnerable, pollinators across the landscapes and habitats of New York.

Previous bee conservation initiatives have focused on enhancing floral resources, but little attention has been focused on preserving nesting habitats.

With funding from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, we have developed a community science project aimed at locating, researching, and conserving ground-nesting bee aggregations wherever we find them.

The talk will provide background on bee biology and life history, threats to bee populations, and how you can help us both study and conserve valuable bee nesting sites.

This program is valued at $20, however, please pay what you are able. Paying more than $20 will help others attend the class.