What's inside a carpenter bee nest?Many people are familiar with the large carpenter bees that are common across North America, but have you ever seen inside a carpenter be...
How to build a bee hotel The needs of native bees are simple: food and a home. Depending on the bee, the requirements for a home differ, of course. For example, g...
What native bees live in northern New Mexico? New bee inventory sheds lightThe Institute for Applied Ecology is a conservation organization that promotes species diversity, restoration, and healthy interactions b...
Stranger things and the bees in your backyardJoe is a big fan of the Netflix show "Stranger Things." However, he also knows he can find as much drama, suspense, and intrigue by simpl...
Trailer for our latest projectWe have talked about the bees in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument for a while now. There are 660 species in this monument. Our...
Giants and Fairies in the U.S.People are often made aware of some amazing and unique bees around the world, particularly as news of bee declines is spread around. What...
(Smithsonian.com) Shrinking of Utah National Monument May Threaten Bee Biodiversity The Grand Staircase-Escalante is home to 660 bee species, 84 of which will live outside of protected land under changes... Read the full ...
(Scientific American) Bees Get Stung by Decision to Scale Back National MonumentThe rich flower diversity of Grand Staircase-Escalante supports hundreds of species of bees... Read the full story Here
(Scientific American) Utah's Deserts Are Bee Hotspots The Trump administration is shrinking Utah's desert monuments, stripping some federal protections for wild pollinators. Read or listen to...
(New York Times) Can You Pick the Bees Out of This Insect Lineup?How can we save the pollinators if we don't even recognize them? Read the story Here
(National Geographic) 660 species of bees live in newly shrunk national monumentScientists have found a striking diversity of bees, in the most extensive study of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to date. R...
Where have all the bees gone? PART 1When Joe and I first started studying bees, the most common question we were asked by curious folks was, "Do you get stung a lot?", follow...
Bee Coloring PageMost bees are not yellow and black like we see in the cartoons. Instead, bees come in a rainbow of colors, from red, yellow and orange, t...
Check it out!Princeton did a little Q&A with us (who we are, what our favorite bees are, our thoughts on bee declines and conservation, etc.) They've...
The Accidental PollinatorIt seems we all know that pollinators (especially bees, who do most of the pollinating) are important, but did you know they aren't doing...
What is a bee?To best understand bees, one needs to know exactly what a bee is. The answer is, at the outset, simple, but there are complications. Fir...