Nest Quest News

Spring is in full swing, and bumble bee queens can be seen regularly. You may have also noticed queens investigating holes in the ground, under logs, or fallen trees. When do queens establish their nest, and how can we tell?

Turning a project statewide is a big task, especially for a state as big and ecologically diverse as Minnesota. To inform our transition to statewide surveys, we turned to a study by Juliet Osborne et al. published in 2008 from the United Kingdom.