Spring 2024 21 KNOW YOUR BEES New guides help ID Northwest natives. Pollinator enthusiasts have new tools for identifying bees in their Pacific Northwest gardens, thanks to a project funded by the Fish and Wildlife in Managed Forest Habitats program in OSU’s College of Forestry. Similar to field guides familiar to fans of fauna and flora, these online tools contain the extraordinary detail needed to identify the small, nuanced differences between bee species. Oregon alone is home to more than 600 kinds of native bees. Explore the many bees of the Pacific Northwest (beav.es/ native-bees), male native bumblebees (beav.es/male-bumble) and female native bumblebees (beav.es/female-bumble). —Steve Lundeberg, ’85 ReseaRch PHOTO BY AIDAN HERSH
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