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Bumble Bee Monitoring Training

Observing and Conserving Wisconsin’s Bumble Bees

July 14, 5:30 – 8:30 pm, Schmeeckle Reserve Visitor Center

Learn how you can help monitor Wisconsin’s native bumble bees! All you need is a camera and a desire to learn. By becoming a volunteer for the Wisconsin Bumble Bee Brigade, you can contribute to a valuable body of data that helps support conservation of these important pollinators in our state. The Wisconsin Center for Wildlife is excited to host this evening workshop with the UW-Extension volunteer and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bumble Bee Ambassador, Jennifer Lazewski!
Bumble Bee on Wildlife Lupine

Learn to Identify Wisconsin’s Bumble Bees!

July 14

5:30 – 8:30 pm
Schmeeckle Reserve Visitor Center
Free and open to all!

Bumble bees are some of the most visible pollinators in gardens and natural areas, and so much fun to watch! We can identify 20 species in Wisconsin by photographing their color patterns and other features. Enjoy learning more about them, and help us build Wisconsin’s participatory science database that also influences habitat management decisions. Learn more about bumble bees, how to support them with good native plant choices, how to identify them, and how to help science by submitting photos to the DNR Bumble Bee Brigade. We will spend some time indoors with a presentation before heading outdoors for some field work.

Walk-ins are welcome, but registration is preferred!

Register Here! Learn more about the Bumble Bee Brigade!

Meet the Instructor!

Jennifer Lazewski lives in Milwaukee County and is a UW-Madison Division of Extension volunteer in the Master Naturalist and Master Gardener programs. She is a Bumble Bee Ambassador and trainer, founder of the Southeast Wisconsin Master Gardener Pollinator Group, Wild Ones chapter officer, and co-manager of the native plant sale for the Wehr Nature Center. She has spent more than a decade enthusiastically advocating for pollinators and adding native plants to her urban yard.