Current and Recent Projects
The Urban Bee Lab is involved with many projects throughout the state, and even a few in Costa Rica! From presentations to garden clubs, to workshops on bee identification, we span the state promoting the conservation of native bees and all pollinators.
Here is a short list of projects we are currently working on. Please see the drop down boxes under "Current and Recent Projects" for more detailed information on a few of our big projects.
- Oxford Tract Bee-Flower Evaluation Garden: visit the garden during the Bringing Back the Natives Garden tour each spring!
- California Statewide Survey: 15 cities provide sites for urban native bee survey work where we search for 31 target plant types
- Farming for Native Bees: collaborating with farmers, we encourage native bees on farms through bee-attractive plantings
- The Sonoma Bee Count: a 10 yr study and citizen initiated project monitoring native bees in Sonoma, CA
- The Costa Rica Bee Project: urban and wildland bee surveys in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica
- CA Native Bee Documentary: Partnering with Team Candiru (Bristol, UK) we are making a film on our native bees!
- Workshops: several workshops each year provide citizens with knowledge of native bee biology and ecology
- Garden Installations: we help build and modify bee gardens at schools, private residences, and many botanic gardens
Here is a short list of projects we are currently working on. Please see the drop down boxes under "Current and Recent Projects" for more detailed information on a few of our big projects.
- Oxford Tract Bee-Flower Evaluation Garden: visit the garden during the Bringing Back the Natives Garden tour each spring!
- California Statewide Survey: 15 cities provide sites for urban native bee survey work where we search for 31 target plant types
- Farming for Native Bees: collaborating with farmers, we encourage native bees on farms through bee-attractive plantings
- The Sonoma Bee Count: a 10 yr study and citizen initiated project monitoring native bees in Sonoma, CA
- The Costa Rica Bee Project: urban and wildland bee surveys in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica
- CA Native Bee Documentary: Partnering with Team Candiru (Bristol, UK) we are making a film on our native bees!
- Workshops: several workshops each year provide citizens with knowledge of native bee biology and ecology
- Garden Installations: we help build and modify bee gardens at schools, private residences, and many botanic gardens