[Pollinator] See any bumblebee nests? Report them to Oregon State

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See any bumblebee nests? Report them to Oregon State






A research program on pollination biology led by Sujaya Rao, in the Crop and 
Soils Department at Oregon State University, is looking for nests of 
bumblebees in the mid-Willamette Valley. The program is looking for ways of increasing 
this important pollinator group in the area.

If you have noticed large bumblebees entering and leaving their nests, 
located either in holes in the ground or in bird nests, you are asked to call Dr. 
Rao at 737-9038 or contact her via e-mail at sujaya at oregonstate.edu. She or one 
of her cooperators will come out and pick them up.
 “Please do not destroy them by spraying,” the researcher asked. The nest 
entrances of bumblebees are usually in old mole, mouse or vole holes and 
occasionally will be found in above-ground locations such as bird nests.

Albany Democrat-Herald


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