Finding the Unseen Bees: Take Action This World Bee Day

About this episode

This episode explores the role of ground-nesting bees in ecosystems and how listeners can participate in mapping their nests through community science.

This World Bee Day, discover the gentle ground‑nesting bees powering our ecosystems. Dr. Jordan Kueneman explains how the GNBee project uses community science to map their nests and how you can get involved. What's on your buzzy mind? Send us a text message and let us know! Thanks for listening! Visit our website to learn more about what we discussed today and subscribe to our newsletter.

People in this episode

Host: Jacy Meyer

Guest: Dr. Jordan Kueneman

Topics covered

• ground-nesting bees
• community science
• ecosystems
• World Bee Day
• environmental action

Keywords

• bees
• GNBee project
• World Bee Day
• community science
• ecosystems
• environment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GNBee project

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