Cornell Cooperative Extension

Tompkins County
Professor Danforth with a collection of solitary bees in a case

A picture of different types of bees.

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Project Ground Nesting Bees

  • Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Project GNBee – how you can help to preserve our most threatened and valuable pollinators: the ground-nesting, solitary bees

Ground-nesting, solitary bees comprise 70% of all bee species. They are valuable, but vulnerable, pollinators across the landscapes and habitats of New York. Previous bee conservation initiatives have focused on enhancing floral resources, but little attention has been focused on preserving nesting habitats. With funding from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, we have developed a community science project aimed at locating, researching, and conserving ground-nesting bee aggregations wherever we find them. The talk will provide background on bee biology and life history, threats to bee populations, and how you can help us both study and conserve valuable bee nesting sites.

Instructor's bio:  Matt runs Thicket Workshop, a plant-focused design firm (based in Ithaca) that creates public and private ecological landscapes. He received an MS in landscape architecture from Penn State and a PhD in environmental history from


Fee

This program is valued at $20, however, please pay what you are able. Paying more than $20 will help others attend the class.

Register

https://ccetompkins.wufoo.com/forms/zg09npm1gq9p78/

Contact

Marissa Nolan
Horticulture Team Lead
mn623@cornell.edu
607-272-2292 x194

Location

This event is online

Location

CCE-Tompkins Education Center
615 Willow Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850-3555

Last updated May 30, 2025

 

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