Speaker Program: SAM DROEGE: “Helping Native Bees in Talbot County. It’s Easier Than You Think!”
January 28 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
The bee list for Talbot County includes 187 different species of bees. New ones are found each year. Some have been found in Easton, others in areas like the Conservation Park in Oxford, on Poplar Island, along roadsides, and on private property. What ties these places together are healthy populations of native flowers. Some are planted; some are just allowed to grow. Sam Droege will discuss how property owners, garden clubs and municipalities can support these bees and tell some fascinating stories about collecting bees in Talbot County.
Droege spent his career at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Center, with expertise in developing, designing and evaluating wildlife inventory programs. His team is currently inventorying and monitoring native bees, and developing tools/techniques manuals and a bumblebee floral survey for citizens with online identification guides at www.discoverlife.org.
