• World Bee Day (San Diego)

    Japanese Friendship Garden 2215 Pan American E Rd, San Diego, CA, United States
    Outreach

    Come and celebrate World Bee Day at the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Diego!

  • River Days Pollinator Safari & Bee-o-Blitz

    Point Loma Native Plant Garden 4444 Greene St., San Diego, CA, United States
    Bee-o-Blitz

    Join the California Native Bee Society and The San Diego River Park Foundation at the Point Loma Native Plant Garden to learn more about the pollinators that live in the San Diego River Watershed. We’ll look for hummingbirds, native bees, and bugs, and upload our findings to iNaturalist. This demonstration garden is full of native […]

  • Native Bee Workshop

    Kendall Frost Marsh 2055 Pacific Beach Dr, San Diego, CA, United States
    Workshops & Trainings

    Join California Native Bee Society and UC San Diego Natural Reserve System for a workshop about native bees at the Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve focusing on native bee identification, pinning and labeling specimens, and looking for wild bees in the field! Learn from Rachel Allingham an entomologist from the San Diego Natural History Museum, native bee […]

  • Silverwood Bee-o-Blitz

    Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary 13003 Wildcat Canyon Rd, Lakeside, CA, United States
    Bee-o-Blitz

    Take part in the inaugural Bee-o-Blitz organized by the California Native Bee Society We will find and photograph bees and upload them to iNaturalist.org. Bring a camera or cell phone (with the iNaturalist app downloaded). We will walk around the preserve slowly, while watching the flowers and path for native bees. The native flowers support a […]

  • Mission Trails Bee-o-Blitz

    Mission Trails Regional Park 4198 Colina Dorada Dr, San Diego, CA, United States
    Bee-o-Blitz

    Round out the Bee-o-Blitz with @markkjames and @carrotpeople looking for bees at Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego, CA. Reach out to info@calnbs.org with any questions.

  • Pollinator Weekend: Devil’s Punchbowl Natural Area

    Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area 28000 Devils Punchbowl Natural Area, Valyermo, CA, United States
    Outreach

    Pollinator Weekend hosted by LA County Parks & Recreation at Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area. Free programs and outreach tables, including crafts, games, pollinator presentation, and a plant walk.  

    Free
  • Monthly Meeting: Janet Kahng and Peggy Luk

    Monthly Meetings & Speakers

    SuperBloom Initiative: Creative Conservation A talk about meeting people where they are at and how creativity plays a role in conservation. Janet is a Senior Designer at the Walt Disney Company, focused on storytelling and branded spatial experiences. Nevertheless, her passion for science communication motivates her to pursue initiatives that revolve around environmental and scientific […]

  • Milkweed Madness

    Little Barn at Native West Nursery 1849 Leon Avenue, San Diego, CA, United States
    Outreach

    CalNBS will have a table at Milkweed Madness! Join us June 13th as we celebrate the beloved Monarch Butterfly and all of our local pollinators at our first ever Milkweed Madness event! Native West will have milkweed and tons of native plants for sale. Shop goodies from some of our favorite local artisans, learn about […]

  • Wild Tahoe Festival

    Outreach

    Visit a CalNBS representative at the Wild Tahoe Festival! This free, family-friendly event combines the longtime Lake Tahoe Bird Festival and Native Species Day into one fun-filled celebration of Tahoe’s incredible wildlife and natural resources. It’s a great way to spend a spring day outdoors with family and friends while exploring and learning more about […]

    Free
  • Garden Fair at the Nat

    San Diego Natural History Museum 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, United States
    Outreach

    The San Diego Natural History Museum is hosting a free Garden Fair inside and outside the Nat. Visit the California Native Bee Society's table. In addition to native bee info, the event will cover California native plants, celebrating San Diego's incredible biodiversity, and giving you the tools you need to plant native. No museum admission required—though you'll […]

    Free
  • Montane Bee-o-Blitz: Intro to Native Bees Walk in the Tahoe Basin

    Bee-o-Blitz

    Get ready for the California Montane Bee-O-Blitz with this hands-on introduction to native bees. Join experts Rachel Vannette (UC Davis) and Will Richardson (Tahoe Institute for Natural Science) to explore the fascinating world of native pollinators. Learn how to identify bees to the family level, observe their behavior in the field, practice techniques for photographing […]