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Education, research and outreach related to honey bees, wild bees and other pollinators
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Native Bee ID and Biology

Bee Biology and ID

Apoidea of Maryland, images and descriptions from Sam Droege

Bee Basics: an Introduction to Our Native Bees, Pollinator Partnership and USDA Forest Service

Bee Genera Cards, The Great Sunflower Project

Bees of Maryland: A Field Guide, North American Native Bee Collaborative

Bees of Ohio: A Field Guide, North American Native Bee Collaborative with Schnebelin and Spring

Bees of the Great Lakes Region and the Wildflowers that Support Them, Michigan State University

Bugguide.net: upload bee images for identification help

The Bees of North Carolina

Bumble Bee ID Manual, MN Bee Lab

Bumble Bee keys, Beespotter

Conserving Wild Bees in Pennsylvania: Penn State University

Conservation and Management of North American Bumble Bees: USDA Forest Service and NatureServe

Discover Life on-line key to bee genera

Discover Life on-line keys to bee species

Guide to Specialist Bees of Ohio

Oligolectic bees, Illinois wildflower guide

Supporting Native Bees: Our Essential Pollinators, University of Wisconsin-Extension

Specialist bees of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States (including host plants), Droege and Fowler

Understanding Native Bees: University of Maine

The Very Handy Bee Manual, Sam Droege et. al.

Wild Bees of New York, Sharp-Eatman Nature Photography

Wild Pollinators of Eastern Apple Orchards and How to Conserve Them: Cornell University

Denise Ellsworth
1680 Madison Ave.Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-263-3723ellsworth.2@osu.edu
Department of Entomology

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