1. Know how. Know now. Pollinators and Tubular Nesting Native Bees Paul C Hay University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension Educator

2. Background: Pollinators Honeybees pollinate $15 billion in crops/year (apples, cherries, berries, nuts etc.)* 75% of flowering plants need pollinators* Pollinators are in decline worldwide, best data are for honeybees: 31% loss of hives each year between 2007-2012 in the US**. Commonly called "Colony Collapse Disorder" (CCD), appears to be due to multiple stressors (Varroa mites, Nosema and virus infection, moving hives, tobacco ringspot virus, pesticide exposure, etc) *Status of pollinators in North America, National Research Council **vanEngelsdorp et al. PLosOne: 3:1-6 e4071.

3. Honey Bee

4. Honey Bee Loaded With Corn Pollen

5. Honey Bee

9. Honeybee Stings Kill The Bee

10. Honey Bee Hives

11. Frames in Super

12. Examining a Brood Frame

13. Honey Bee

14. Honey Bee Swarm

15. Apples Needing Pollination

16. Almonds In Bloom

17. Blueberries In Bloom

18. Many managed bees spend May through October in MN, ND, SD Where/when do bees and treated field crops overlap?

19. Bumblebee

21. Bumblebee Nest

22. Bumblebee With Predator Mites

23. Bumblebee On Liatris

24. Bumblebee

25. Cactus Bee

26. Carpenter Bee

30. Carpenter Bee Rafter Damage

31. Carpenter Bee Emerging From Nest Hole Drilled Into Wood

32. Carpenter Bee

33. Carpenter Bee Foraging

34. Diggerbee

36. Digger Bee

37. Diggerbee

38. Diggerbee Nest

40. Giant Garden Bee

41. Hover Fly

42. Leafcutter Bee

43. Leaf Cutter Bee

44. Leafcutter Bee

45. Assassin Bug Eating Leaf Cutter Bee

46. Leafcutter Bee Cutting Leaf Disc Out For Larvae To Feed On

47. Leafcutter Bee

48. Leafcutter Bee Laying Eggs Between Leaf Layers

51. Tubular Bee Nesting Box With Replaceable Straws

52. Leafcutter Bee In Tubular Nest

53. Leafcutter Bee Laying Eggs Between Leaf Layers

54. Leafcutter Bee Lays Eggs Between Leaf Layers

55. Leafcutter Bee

56. Sweat Bee

57. Sweat Bee Nest

59. Sweat Bee

61. Sweat Bee Nest

62. Sweat Bee

63. Sweat Bee Nest Tubes

64. Sweat Bee Aka Halicid Bee

65. Mason Bee

71. Types: Mason Bee Blue Orchard Bee Hornfaced Bee

72. Mason Bee

73. Big Headed Fly

74. Blow Fly

75. Fruit Fly

76. Parsley Beetle

77. Long Horned Beetle

78. Soldier Beetle

79. Scarab Beetle

80. Paw

81. Carrion Beetle Blow Fly

82. Reticulated Netwinged Beetle

83. Blister Beetle

84. Caesia Moth

85. Cranbid Moth

86. Sphinx Moth

87. Hawk Moth

88. Caper White Butterfly

89. Glassywing Skipper Butterfly

90. Cloudless Sulfur Butterfly

91. Homestead Butterfly

92. Cabbage Butterfly

93. Branded Skipper

94. Parnassian Butterfly

95. Parnassian Butterfly

97. Peck’s Skipper Butterfly

98. Silver Spotted Skipper Butterfly

99. Small Skipper Butterfly

100. Sulfur Butterfly

101. Black Swallowtail

102. Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

103. Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly

104. White Butterfly

106. Hummingbird

108. Ruby Throated Hummingbird

109. Long Nosed Bat

110. Greater Long Nosed Bat

111. Mexican Long-nosed Bat

112. Lesser Long Nosed Bat

113. Wind

118. QUESTIONS Paul C Hay, Extension Educator 1115 West Scott Street Beatrice NE 68310 (402) 223-1384 Fax: (402) 223-1370 Email: phay1@unl.eduphay1@unl.edu Website: www.gage.unl.edu