Iowa DNR looking for volunteers for second year of Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas

Iowans can help the DNR study buzzing, beneficial bumble bees - Radio Iowa

Volunteers are needed to help compile what’s known as Iowa’s Bumble Bee Atlas, an effort to gauge the state’s populations of the vital pollinators. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife diversity biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says it won’t take much time and it will be a tremendous help to researchers who study the […]

Iowa DNR looking for volunteers for second year of Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCAU) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers for a second year of the Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas. The program's goal is to get a better idea of where bumble bees live in Iowa and how many call the state home. Contractor tried to resell stolen medical equipment worth $60k from new UI hospital online, police say For volunteers, the task involves claiming a section of Iowa via a "survey grid cell" on…

Iowans can help the DNR study buzzing, beneficial bumble bees

(Radio Iowa) – Volunteers are needed to help compile what’s known as Iowa’s Bumble Bee Atlas, an effort to gauge the state’s populations of the vital pollinators. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife diversity biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says it won’t take much time and it will be a tremendous help to researchers who study the tiny-yet-important insects. “Volunteers are basically trained and then asked to go out to a natur…