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June 29, 2021

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Dutchemen's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) is a favorite of queen bumblebees in the early spring in my part of Pennsylvania.

Spring forest flowers likely a key to bumble bee survival, Illinois study finds

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Bumble Bee ID Links - Pictorial Key to the Bumblebees of Minnesota

I just got this Bumblebee Key for Minnesota by the Minnesota Bumblebee Survey which Heather Holm put up on Facebook in the PollinatorsNativePlants group. It covers most of the species which live in PA. (it is missing Bombus pennsylvanicus and B. terricola. ) and has a few which are not in PA such as B. borealis, B. rufocinctus and B. huntii) Here is the Key to the Pictorial to Female Bumblebees of Minnesota (here is the direct link to get the pdf of for rev. 1 of the pictorial key to Female Bumblebees of Minnesota .) Here is the Key to the Pictorial to Male Bumblebees of Minnesota (here is the direct link to get the pdf of for rev. 1 of the Key to Male Bumblebees of Minnesota .

Bees in Pennsylvania

Bees in Pennsylvania: Diversity, Ecology, and Importance Margarita López-Uribe, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Entomology at PSU and Shelby Kilpatrick Former Graduate Student at PSU At least 437 species of bees contribute to pollinating Pennsylvania's natural areas, gardens, and agricultural crops. Learn more about how they are classified, their lifestyles, and how documenting bee species in Pennsylvania improves our knowledge about their populations and distributions.

Bee ID Links

Discover Life Bee Genera Key Andrena ID and what to look for By David Cappaert Ceratina ID From OSU Some Lasioglossm ID From OSU from Rob Jean's workshop for their Bee Survey Apoidea Bees of Maryland (Flickr) Bees of the UK by Stephen Falk (Flickr) Some Keys to bee lookalike insects From the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification Syrphidae (Flowerflies) -Neartic Genera Wasps (Vespidae)

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Spring forest flowers likely a key to bumble bee survival,.

Spring forest flowers likely a key to bumble bee survival, Illinois study finds

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