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Forwarded on behalf of Sam Droege. Apologies for cross-postings.</p>
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Jarrod Fowler (with a little bit of funding from us and the FWS) has created a bumble bee plant finder.</p>
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https://bumblebeeflowerfinder.info</p>
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quoting Jarrod: “The Bumble Bee Flower Finder helps you discover the best native plants for bumble bees from the Eastern United States. Find flowers for habitat gardening, conservation planting, and bee monitoring. Under Construction. Email:<span> </span>info@bumblebeeflowerfinder.info.”</p>
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Geared towards those who need to plant plants. This guide will be useful to those of you who are landscapers, architects, nursery people, gardeners, botanists, and bumble bee researchers who need to explore plants. </p>
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You can select on the physical features from bloom time, color, height, habitat, form, water requirements, state, and information about gender and status of bumble bees.</p>
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This finder is just the start as the USGS Bee Lab and associates quantifies visitation rates of bumble bees and other species via the citizen based<span> </span><b>Ask A Bumble Bee Program<span> </span></b>(email<span> </span>bumblebeecount@gmail.com<span> </span>for
more info on that program) and other quantitative methods using photography and non-lethal netting surveys.</p>
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