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Creating a pollinator network at the end of the field day. Photo Dave Leman. Club Support Grant Report: Mini Bee School Prince George By...

Newsletter of the Native Bee Society of British Columbia August 2025 Volume 6 | Issue 2

Award funds will directly support the BC Bee Atlas, a citizen-science based program that documents the diversity, distribution and floral partners of BC’s more than 500 native bee species.

The BC Bee Atlas is a record of the times and places that native bee species have been seen throughout the province, as well as the plants they have been feeding on. You can help collect data!

Newsletter of the Native Bee Society of British Columbia April 2025 Volume 6 | Issue 1

Newsletter of the Native Bee Society of British Columbia December 2024 Volume 5 | Issue 3

As our programs grow, so do our needs! Your generous donations support our mission to protect native bees.

Have you ever thought about joining the board of the NBSBC? Here's your chance to show us what you got! We are looking for Executive...

Our partnership with Thompson Shuswap Master Gardeners Association ( https://www.mgabc.org/thompsonshuswap )to hold a 2 day Mini Bee...

Newsletter of the Native Bee Society of British Columbia August 2024 Volume 5 | Issue 2

In June, the NBSBC received a donation of $201 from Caspian and Raphael, two young Cub Scouts working towards their Seeonee Award, which...

What began as a question – how does urban landscape management impact pollinators?  – has turned into a partnership supporting the new BC...

We are very excited to announce that our very own Bonnie Zand was the guest speaker for North by Northwest with Margaret Gallagher's...

We are thrilled by the success of our one-day bee biology and identification course delivered in Nanaimo last month. Coined Mini Bee...

Newsletter of the Native Bee Society of British Columbia April 2024 Volume 5 | Issue 1

Newsletter of the Native Bee Society of British Columbia December 2023 Volume 4 | Issue 3

By Darren Kirby with contributions by Lori Weidenhammer Photo: Darren Kirby Malcolm Island, located in Queen Charlotte Strait just off...

Newsletter of the Native Bee Society of British Columbia Oct 9, 2023 Volume 4 | Issue 2

On May 4, 2023, Native Bee Society of BC became the newest member of BC Nature. Legally known as the Federation of British Columbia...

by Christine Thuring The Okanagan is Canada's biodiversity hotspot. Many species reach their southern or northern limits in the Okanagan,...