WCAS Speaker Series April 2024: Bumblebees: Essential Pollinators
Channel: Western Cuyahoga Audubon
Date: 03/04/2024

April 2024 Program: “Bumblebees: Essential Pollinators”
Presenter: Dr. Chris Pappas, DVM, Master Gardener Volunteer Geauga County, Specialist in Pollinators, Native Plants, and Biodiversity
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Description: We often hear about honeybees as important pollinators, but Dr. Pappas’ presentation will cover information about our native bumblebees including identification, their life cycles, plants that they favor, their use of a unique method of pollination, as well as the essential niches native bumblebees fill. Lastly, she will share current and future risks to native bumblebees, and show us how to adapt our gardens and woods to help them thrive... which happen to be the very same things that help our native birds and the insects that they eat thrive!

Western Cuyahoga Audubon is a chapter of the National Audubon Society based in Cuyahoga County in Northern Ohio, USA. WCAS seeks to connect and educate the public and conserve natural habitats for the sustainability of all bird species.