A National Research and Extension Initiative to Reverse Pollinator Decline
This is part of an ongoing series of updates from the Managed Pollinator CAP. Additional installments can be found at the:
More information about the CAP can be found at:
Keith S. Delaplane, Professor and CAP Director, University of Georgia
CAP Updates: 23
A National Research and Extension Initiative to Reverse Pollinator Decline
This is part of an ongoing series of updates from the Managed Pollinator CAP. Additional installments can be found at the:
More information about the CAP can be found at:
Anne L. Averill, University of Massachusetts/Amherst
CAP Updates: 22
Jointly published in the American Bee Journal and in Bee Culture…
The general life cycle of the bumble bee differs a bit in different parts of the U.S., but in the Northeast the life cycle is as follows. Only new queens (produced at the end of the summer) overwinter. In the late summer and fall they mate (the males die) and the queens feed heavily on late summer and fall flowers such as asters and goldenrods. The queens then seek out protected overwintering sites in stonewalls and fallen trees. Many of …
