Bee City USA

Session 2: Practitioners Series - Model Integrated Pest Management Programs for Bee City and Bee Campus Affiliates
2021-10-06 10:00 - 11:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
The City of San Francisco has been a recognized leader in urban Integrated Pest Management for decades. Join Chris Geiger, PhD, of San Francisco (Manager of the Green Purchasing & IPM Programs) to learn what has made San Francisco’s IPM program one of the most recognized in the country. And from Portland Community College, meet Jack Lussier (District Grounds Manager), who oversees its effective campus IPM program. Attend this session to learn about sound, forward-thinking integrated pest management programs that can serve as models for your affiliate’s program. This session is suitable for all Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA affiliates, including grounds staff; city or campus managers; and community members.

Climate Change and Land Use Change Impacts on Pollinators
2021-10-21 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Biodiversity across the globe and throughout the tree of life is in major flux, and understanding the nature and causes of these changes is critical for developing effective conservation and management strategies. Pollinators are an especially important group to understand biodiversity change in, given the ecosystem and agricultural services that they provide, and bumblebees are a particularly important group of wild native pollinators found across North America and Europe. Over the last few decades, many species across this group have been declining, with links being made to climate change and habitat loss as the culprits. Join Peter Soroye, Conservation Biologist, to learn about his PhD research, looking at many species across multiple continents to explore how climate change has affected North America and European bumblebees over the last 120 years, and how human land use and habitat loss change that relationship.
This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Western Butterflies: History, Threats, and Possible Futures
2021-11-11 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join Matt Forister, Professor of Biology and Insect Ecology at the University of Nevada, as he explores data from different long term sources on western butterfly species and habitats and an overview of threats in the west.
This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.
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Bee City USA-Hampton Pollinator Webinar Series
2022-01-10 19:00 - 2022-01-20 20:00 (America/New_York)
This webinar series take you through a variety of pollinators and how to attract and grow for them. Join us on our pollinator journey!
January 20, 2022: A Year in the Life, Honey Bee and Beekeeper with Al Banwell
February 17, 2022: Beginner’s Guide to Mason and Leafcutter Bees with Marty Wood
March 17, 2022: Growing Butterflies with George Curran
April 21, 2022: Phoebus Waterfront Park Pollinator Garden with April Receveur
May 19, 2022: Container Gardening with Gayle Mooney
June 16, 2022: Pollinators and Beneficial Insects in the Garden with Dr. Barb Abraham
July 21, 2022: There’s More Than One Tree to Help Our Pollinators! with Debbie Blanton

Bees at Home: the Natural History of Bumble Bee Nesting
2022-01-13 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Bumble bees are among the best-studied invertebrates, yet a number of aspects of these important pollinators’ life history remain uncertain. One of these is the ecology of nest founding by queens in spring, and more broadly, behaviors in the nest. More than one-quarter of North American bumble bee species are currently at some degree of extinction risk, so we urgently need more information on how nesting biology impacts colony development and reproduction, and how a changing environment affects bumble bee nesting behavior. In this webinar, we’ll examine what is known of bumble bee nesting biology, and consider some unanswered questions about how cooperation and conflict structure the social lives and growth of bumble bee colonies. Along the way, we’ll answer questions about what queens are up to in early spring and how people can support bumble bees populations.
This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.
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