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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We are tabling at the Lake Morena Movie in the Park event on July 11. Come say hi before tuning into A Bug's Life! Summer Movies in the Park is the largest free and family-friendly outdoor movie series in San Diego, with over a hundred screenings at dozens of parks across the region. The program […]
Join Charlie Thrift for a Zoom talk on bee diet specialists, smaller geographic ranges, and conservation vulnerabilities.
Learn how to create a beautiful, water-wise Tahoe garden that supports Tahoe’s native pollinators, including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds at the Keep Tahoe Blue's Spurlock/Evers Environment & Education Center. Participants will learn how to provide season-long blooms, incorporate native and adapted plants, and create habitat that supports pollinators throughout the year. Whether you are starting […]
Join Solana Beach Eco Rotary Club in viewing The Little Things That Run the World, an award-winning documentary. The film combines stunning macro photography with scientific insights to reveal how these tiny creatures act as the "glue of life," holding ecosystems together and enabling biodiversity. The movie runs 1hr 45mins and will be followed by […]
Come join the San Diego Natural History Museum and The Bugologist for a Weekend of Wonder, learning about bugs, including native bees! We will have a table all three days, and there will be lots of exciting talks by local entomologists. Friday: 5 pm - 11 pm Saturday: 10:30 am - 3:30 pm Sunday: 10:30 […]
Thank you to everyone who nominated a species to be our the State Bee! Before we open up voting, we want to introduce you to all of the species you nominated that are found around the state. This won't be an easy decision when we have over 1600 species found around the state! Register for […]
Adventures in US Bee Conservation Hollis is an Associate Professor of Entomology at the University of California, Riverside and PI of the US National Native Bee Monitoring Research Coordination Network. […]