We all know that honeybees are important pollinators, but did you know that they only make up a tiny fraction of bee species? PhD student Amelia Litz does field research on ground nesting bees and wants us to know what we have yet to discover about them, her experiences with field research, and why these interesting solitary bees matter for agriculture.

If you want to learn more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out: 

• Cool bee pictures from the Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
• Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conversation to learn about pollinator conservation (website)
• The Solitary Bees: Biology, Evolution, Conservation. By Danforth, Minckley & Neff (2020) (book)
• The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees. By Wilson & Messinger-Carril (2015) (book)

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