[Pollinator] Overwintering Queen Bumble Bee Location Descriptions Needed

Mon Nov 25 06:43:42 PST 2019

Sam and John,
The innovative survey methods developed at York University to locate and
study nesting bees, described below in the article "Still Questing for Bee
Nests" below, perhaps can be applied to overwintering bumble bee surveys.

The overwintering queen bumble bee location could be identified and marked
in the fall, and then dug up after the queen emerges the following spring
to obtain information on all but #2, which could be addressed using DNA
analysis.

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Sandra Lary

Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - North Atlantic-Appalachian Regional Office
Endangered Species Division, Listing Program
4R Fundy Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
207-781-8364 ext: 19 (v); 207-781-8369 (f)
Bumble Bee Watch
November 2019
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A Bumble Bee Watch Star – Ann Puddicombe

Bumble Bee Watch
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exists
thanks to the dedication of volunteers who submit their observations of
bumble bees from across North America. By sharing observations, all
participants contribute to our knowledge of bumble bee life history needs,
which helps to inform on-the-ground conservation efforts. For some
volunteers, contributions go beyond the level of casual observer. Ann
Puddicombe of Ontario, Canada is one such star contributor who has
submitted hundreds of records. As a self-described bumble bee advocate, Ann
also volunteers her free time to share her knowledge of bumble bees to
local groups and schools. Through her outreach efforts, Ann has not only
increased participation in Bumble Bee Watch and our knowledge of bumble
bees, she has inspired grassroots conservation efforts to promote
pollinators throughout eastern Canada.
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Still Questing for Bee Nests

Back in March we put out a call for bumble bee nest observations
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with
York University's #Quest4BeeNests. Since then, over 80 nest sightings have
been submitted to Bumble Bee Watch
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plus an additional 30 sightings that include videos of nesting activity
through the #Quest4BeeNests
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project.
While these sightings add to our knowledge of bumble bee nesting biology,
they also provide a training opportunity for nest sniffing dogs to hone
their skills at locating nests.
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Bumble Bee Atlases Mobilize Volunteers
With a second successful season of the Pacific Northwest Bumble Bee Atlas
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and
the launch of the Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas
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2019 was a year of putting bumble bees on the map! For both Atlases,
hundreds of volunteers attended training events and added to our knowledge
of the status and conservation needs of bumble bees throughout these
regions. If you want to contribute to these conservation efforts, please
consider adopting a survey area for next spring in the PNW
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 or Nebraska
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From: 'Droege, Sam' sdroege at usgs.gov [beemonitoring] <
beemonitoring-noreply at yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 9:48 PM
Subject: [beemonitoring] Overwintering Queen Bumble Bee Location
Descriptions Needed
To: Bee United <beemonitoring at yahoogroups.com>, Pollinator List-serv <
pollinator at lists.sonic.net>, Entomology Discussion List <
ENTOMO-L at listserv.uoguelph.ca>, <VA-MD-DE-Bugs at yahoogroups.com>, John Mola <
johnmmola at gmail.com>

All

A group of us are thinking of mounting an effort this fall to locate
overwintering Queen Bumblebees.

As part of that effort we are seeking information from you.

If you have ever stumbled across a hibernating bumblebee of any kind we
would like to know about the circumstances in a simple descriptive manner.
The primary questions are below...any additional observations you want to
add would be great.

1.  Location
2.  Species
3.  How far down in the soil was the queen
4.  What was the soil like (e.g., dense, loose, sandy, clay, loam, silt,
forest duff etc)
5.  What was the immediate vegetation
6.  Did you blunder into the queen or did you watch it excavating
7.  Was there a tree shrub overstory?
8.  Was it under any sort of root, stone, brick or something other than
just soil?

Many thanks!

You can reply directly to myself and John Mola and we will summarize the
patterns in a week or so.

Thanks

sam

"Can you do addition?" the White Queen asked.
"What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one
and one?"
"I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count."

      - Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking Glass
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