Additional Resources

Want more information about bumble bees? Here are list of guides and resources that can help. 

Bumble bee identification: 

Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide (2014) by Williams, Thorp, Richardson, and Colla; Princeton University Press https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691152226/bumble-bees-of-north-america 

Bumble bee ecology, biology, and conservation: 

Bumblebees: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation (2009) by Goulson; Oxford University Press https://global.oup.com/academic/product/bumblebees-9780199553075?cc=us&lang=en&

Conserving Bumble Bees: Guidelines for Creating and Managing Habitat for America's Declining Pollinators (2012) by Hatfield, Jepsen, Mader, Black, and Shepard; Xerces Society https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/12-028_01_XercesSoc_Conserving-Bumble-Bees-Guidelines_web.pdf 

Alford, D.V., 1978. The Life of the Bumblebee https://www.amazon.com/Life-bumblebee-D-V-Alford/dp/1904846424 

Heinrich, B., 1979. Bumblebee Economics. Harvard University Press https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674016392 

For more information on plant identification, check out: 

Minnesota Wildflowers: https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/page/search 

Seek app: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app 

MN DNR Resources: https://bwsr.state.mn.us/native-plant-id-and-information