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Pacific Northwest Bumble Bee Atlas

December 4, 2022

Pollinators are responsible for one in three bites of food humans consume and provide billions of dollars in free pollination services. Leveraging the Pacific Northwest (PNW) Bumble Bee Atlas, a project recruiting online volunteers, contains thousands of verified bumble bee observations, this project aims to address information gaps around several bee species in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.