Thank you to our 2021 Volunteers! 2021 results are in. See our short reports for common crops and wildflowers. Please help us improve WiBee by taking our end-of-year survey.
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WiBee 2021 Newsletter 10: survey + see your data in app update 👀
Any crops left? Send ’em in now. Possibilities include pumpkins, raspberries or peas. Still plenty of wildflowers, like Phlox, Allium, Solidago, and Asters. Lots of bees out there. Learn how to see your own data in latest app update. Meet a fuzzy fall flier
WiBee 2021 Newsletter 9: Diverse bees pollinate late crops and wildflowers 🌻
Cucumbers, Tomatoes Sunflowers still blooming. Plenty of wildflowers like boneset and evening primrose in addition to the many asters, goldenrods, and sunflowers. It’s a great time to learn all bee groups and how to classify complex flowers. Meet a bee that flies at dusk and at night!
WiBee 2021 Newsletter 8: Late summer, and initial visitor graphs
Goldenrods, cup plant, asters, and other late season flowers are blooming in abundance, along with a few veggie crops Pie charts show wide variation in what types of bees are visiting different flowers Bumblebee with …
WiBee 2021 Newsletter 7: Meet the Squash Bee, 🍅 Blitz, Wildflower ID
Tomato Blitz, Cranberry results, Wildflower ID
Have pumpkins, squash, or melons? Meet their pollinators and send us surveys.
WiBee 2021 Newsletter 6: Cranberries, cucumbers, melons 🍉 oh My!
Get in last Cranberry surveys, and get ready for Cucumbers, Mellons and Tomato Blitz See what crops in Wisconsin are pollinator dependent Display of Master Gardener Volunteer survey counts and some volunteer bee pictures. Full …
WiBee 2021 Newsletter 5: Three surveys in 15 minutes 🕒 for Pollinator Week
It only takes 15 minutes to do 3 surveys and make a difference. Ever wonder why we ask for repeat surveys? See a real life example here. Full newsletter
WiBee 2021 Newsletter 4: What’s blooming and tips for tricky bees 📝
Whats blooming and recent surveys overview. What bee groups do you think are hardest to identify? Learn some ID tips with lots of bee photos. Full newsletter
WiBee 2021 Newsletter 3 See our latest data and Celebrate Bees 🎉
How many bee species live in Wisconsin? In the world? Apple survey update and minimum sufficient wild bee visitation rate according to NEPP Learn how to use our Data Dashboard and see project data live …
WiBee 2021: Newsletter 2: Time to do some pollinator surveys!
What’s blooming: Apples! and How to check if you need to update your app. Bumblebee and Syrphid fly. Full Newsletter