Where do Bumble Bee Queens Overwinter? Participate in Queen Quest

While we know a lot about what types of flowers bumble bees like, we know very little about where these new queens go to overwinter. Queen Quest returns this fall in an effort to gain information about where bumble bee queens overwinter. The official blitz date is Saturday, October 16, 2021, but you can search before or after this date.

Catching Bumble Bee Queens, and DIY Bumblebee Colony Starter

Bumblebee queens, where do they rest?

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Bumble Bees: Nesting and Overwintering

More Squamish Bumble Bees …in honour of World Bee Day – Squamish

Bumble Bee Conservation Resources

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Finding hibernating bumblebees - Bumblebee Conservation Trust

How to help hibernating bumblebees - Bee The Change

Learn amazing facts about the world's bees • Save Bees

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Protocol - QUEEN QUEST

Once Common in Vermont, Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Now Federally

Yellow-banded Bumble Bee Vermont Center for Ecostudies