Our October 5th native bee meeting will be a triple header!

First, our very own Miles McGaughey will give an update on the Tom Theobald Native Pollinator Legacy Project to restore native bees in the Marshall Fire burn area.

Our featured speaker this month is Dr. Adrian Carper from the CU Boulder Museum of Natural History. 

Lastly, Steve Armstead from the Colorado Front Range Xerces Society will talk on “Helping Native Pollinators and Enhancing their Habitats.”

We’ll be giving away some fun native pollinator books and a native bee nesting box!

Featured Presentation: Native bees are Colorado’s most vulnerable pollinators, given their exceptional diversity, complex natural histories, and a lack of data on their current and historic distributions, yet honey bees garner the majority of attention in terms of their decline. Moreover, there are still many misconceptions and misunderstandings about interactions between honey bees and native bees, which can lead to heated discussions around the impacts of honey bee management on conservation. In this talk, I will introduce you to the fascinating diversity of our native bees, explore why they are our most vulnerable pollinators, discuss factors (including honey bees) that affect them, and summarize what I’ve learned from recent discussions with beekeepers about their concerns. Throughout, I hope to engage with you too, as local beekeepers, to learn about your interests and concerns, and together, explore how all of us can help conserve our native pollinators.

About Dr. Adrian Carper: Dr. Carper is a community ecologist and has studied pollinators, their natural history, and ecology for over a decade. His current research through the Museum of Natural History focuses on the impacts of human land-use on native bee community ecology, and how natural history knowledge can help inform their conservation.

Location:
The Hampton Inn & Suites
Longs Peak Conference Room
6333 Lookout Road, Boulder, CO 80301

Can’t make it in person? BCBA members will receive the Zoom link.

AGENDA

6:30pm-6:40pm  BCBA Meeting & Announcements
6:40pm-7:00pm  Miles McGaughey: Tom Theobald’s Native Pollinator Legacy
7:00pm-7:45pm  Dr. Adrian Carper’s talk on Colorado native pollinators
7:45pm-8:00pm  Q&A with Dr. Carper
8:00pm-8:20pm  Steve Armstead, Xerces Society
                           “Helping Native Pollinators & Their Habitats”
8:20pm-8:30pm  Giveaways for in-person BCBA Members!

Sign up here to become a BCBA Member for only $22. Already a member of another bee club? Then BCBA membership is only $15!

Calling all Volunteers! We are looking for volunteers for:

• Be a greeter to greet people at the beginning of the meeting.
• To volunteer, sign up at Signup Genius
• BCBA members earn a BCBA T-shirt when you volunteer for any BCBA event or committee!! BCBA T-shirts can only be earned by volunteering.