2 MILLION BLOSSOMS


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between a sweat bee and a mining bee without a more up-close photo


ly, sometimes bumping into each other, but they do so in a   Smaller bees, such as mining bees (Andrena spp.) don’t


  bees get their name from their nesting behavior: they dig into the earth to build their nests. The tiniest bee I found on the  - lecting pollen. At only a few millimeters long, this bee was too small for me to identify in the photo.


Bees in your Backyard - ly houses diverse bee species! If you’re interested in iden- tifying the bees in your own backyard, start by sitting and   be out and about. To learn more about the bees you might         to attract more bees, I highly recommend The Bees in Y Backyard by Joseph S. Wilson and Olivia Messinger Carril.


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Rachael Bonoan is a biologist at Tufts and Washington State University studying how climate change may affect a threatened butterfly in the Pacific Northwest. Outside of her research, Rachael teaches an undergraduate-level class on insect pollinators at Tufts University, has given a TEDx talk on engaging children in science by encouraging curiosity, and is past-President of the Boston Area Beekeepers Association.


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