BC’s Community Bumble Bee Project: 2024 Results and Call for Volunteers (Apr 8)

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Join Us Online! April 8, 2025 12 - 1 pm PST Conservation Science Seminar Series 2025 Contact Us: WLRSConSci@gov.bc.ca Visit: Conservation Science Intranet BC'S COMMUNITY BUMBLE BEE PROJECT: 2024 RESULTS AND CALL FOR 2025 VOLUNTEERS There are approximately 37-39 bumble bee species in British Columbia, and most are wide-ranging and live in a variety of habitats across the vast provincial landscape. This project aims to collect quantitative data that can be used to assess the conservation status of all bumble bees in the province. Data collection involves establishing long term (> 10 years) bumble bee monitoring routes throughout the province, and concurrently build a community of trained volunteers who, once per year, would survey these routes within the areas they live and work. In 2022, 2023, & 2024 we asked government staff to participate in this community bumble bee monitoring project. To date over 130 staff have participated and completed over 130 bumble bee survey routes throughout the province. Join us to hear about these and other exciting results and how you can join Team Bee for one day of surveys, learn about bees and their threats, and help survey bumble bees during the summer of 2025. Jennifer Heron, MSc, RPBio Invertebrate Conservation Specialist, Biodiversity and Ecosystems Branch, WLRS Jenny's work focuses on the development and implementation of provincial conservation assessment and recovery of invertebrate species at risk. She has a particular interest in native bees and thermal springs invertebrates. She is cochair of the COSEWIC Arthropods Specialist Subcommittee, and an RBio with a MSc from UBC

Join the Bumble Bee Project on April 8th from 12 – 1 pm to hear about project and other exciting results and how you can join Team Bee for one day of surveys, learn about bees and their threats, and help survey bumble bees during the summer of 2025. – Zoom Link