Bees of San Diego County's Journal

As Cabrillo closed the Park for Pollinators bioblitz on September 30th, they did a great write up on their FB page, highlighting a gorgeous photo of one of our top Bees of San Diego County contributors @tom_barnes_ Tom Barnes.
You can see the post here:
https://www.facebook.com/CabrilloNPS/photos/a.130037470341909/3616324098379878/
Tom has photographed 47 identifiable species of bees for our project and his photography is outstanding. Thank you Tom!!
See the list here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=5581&place_id=any&verifiable=any&captive=any&user_id=tom_barnes_&hrank=species&view=species
The month-long was a great success and the bee watching this late in the season at Cabrillo was pristine! Looking forward to the next one.

Hello everyone,

If you missed it this afternoon, our own Dr. Keng-Lou James Hung @kjhung presented a fascinating lecture live on FB for the San Diego Natural History Museum. Follow the link below to watch.

"Effects of habitat fragmentation, climate change, and introduced species on native pollinators in a biodiversity hotspot Presented By Dr. Keng-Lou James Hung"

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=328700495087616

Hi Everyone,

A recent record from October 14th indicates the presence of Bombus impatiens, a non-native bumble bee used for greenhouse pollination. See observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63274417

If you have some time and are willing to go to University Heights to check if you can find more of them, this would help in knowing if there is an established population there.

Managing invasive species is an important aspect of preserving the safety of our native bees. A lot of bee scientists and advocates for our native bees rely on records from us citizen scientists to gather field data. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks you :)

Patricia