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Crash course in Bumble Bee ID

Beecoming a conservation biologist

The secret life of mottled duskywings

Fieldwork forays

Why saving bees means saving microbes

Flies in disguise

To bee or not to bee?

1,327 wings over Helliwell

Join the buzz

Forest floors alive

Spring species showcase

Secret ingredient to more birds

Ultimate cozy survival guide

More than just mates

Pollination powerhouse not pest

Celebrity sighting

The unsung pollinators of Ontario

Wings in the wild

Bee-yond the microscope

Surveying bumbles in transient landscapes

Transformation underway

Recent research confirms: pollinators need our help

Everything you didn’t know about pollination and why bumble bees are the real MVPS

FREED: empowering BIPOC students for a future in ecology Part 2

How to feed a bumble bee colony

FREED: empowering BIPOC students for a future in ecology Part 1

Where are they now?

Catching queens: a new kind of fieldwork

A day in the life of endangered bumble conservation: Carpenter bees are not bumble bees!

Saving an Ontario butterfly

Adventures in Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Surveys

Scat Scrutiny: Analyzing bumble bee poop

Ontario’s first butterfly reintroduction: a conservation success story

Waking the bumbles

Eight years of community science at the Pinery

Understanding cuckoo bumble bees: terrors or treasures?

Empowering communities for bumble bee conservation

10 conservation successes in 2023

The challenges of breeding at-risk bumble bees and butterflies

Breeding native bumble bees in the lab

How can you help with bumble bee breeding?

Buzzworthy pursuits: Finding rare and at-risk bumble bee species in Ontario.

A break from the butterflies

Saving endangered butterflies – on beyond monarchs

Big bumble breeding breakthroughs

What is the difference between butterflies and moths?

What is the difference between bees, flies and wasps?

A little bit of luck!

A decade of bumble bee surveys: Part 2 – What’s on the menu?

A decade of bumble bee surveys: Part 1 – Who, when, where, how?

Yellow-Banded Bumble Bee

First observed bumble bee mating

Bumble bee

Healthy bees are well-fed bees

Saving native bumbles – in the field and in the lab

What’s buzzing in bumble butts?

Second generation of duskywing butterflies anticipated!

What is the best part of being a Bumble Biologist?

Stumped: Why do bumble bees need forests?

Early emerging bumble bee species to look out for this spring

The unexpected links between declining bumble bee species

Top five highlights of the bumble bee season

A fuzzy bumble bee with black and yellow stripes sits on a white flower.

Beyond workers: mating and overwintering bumble bees

Bumble bee field work: when a generalist meets a specialist

How are the bumble bees doing in southern Ontario?

How to help a butterfly

How Bumble Bee Watch supports conservation

What’s the buzz at WPC’s Bumble Bee Conservation Lab?

Breeding butterflies in BC

Saving an endangered butterfly

Nosing out nests – can detection dogs be used to find bumble bee nests?

What insects are bees?

You don’t always find the bees that you’re looking for

A bumble bee’s journey

What are the differences between honey bees and bumble bees?

Going Lawnless for Native Pollinators

The Beauty of the Butterfly

Time flies! Three years at Glenbow Ranch

One Way or another! A search for Ontario’s bumble bees

One volunteer’s experience

Flying under the radar

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