Field and Lab Working - Summer 2017

Celebrating 150 years of bees (1866-2016)

Students have developed a database of historic records of bees including over 17,000 bee specimens spanning 150 years in the state to examine former ranges and population numbers for the 200+ species found locally. A display of 6000 bee specimens showcases the diversity of native bees (Specimens courtesy of Sam Droege)

New England Bee Bioblitz - June 2017 - Ossipee Pine Barrens

Field Work - June 2016 - Kakamega Forest and Nairobi, Kenya

Pollinator Appreciation Day - June 2015 - Woodman Farm

Bee BioBlitz - June 2015 - White Mountain National Forest

Field Work - January 2015 - Australia

Australian small carpenter bee nest (Ceratina australensis)

Australian small carpenter bee brood development (dark to light pupae, large to small larvae, pollen ball)

Bee Biodiversity - New England - Summer 2014

For more information on Bee Research @ York please click here
​to visit the Bee Ecology, Evolution and Conservation research group