The Buzz about Bees

Biologist Stefanie Ritter
Can you imagine a world without chocolate? About 1/3 of our fruits, vegetables and nuts and most of our wildflowers depend on pollination by bees. There are about 20,000 different species of bees worldwide and about 1,500 species in California alone. Now that the honey bee populations have dropped and our crop production that requires bee pollination is on the rise, native bees become more and more important. In this lecture you will have a chance to meet all the amazing native pollinators that you can attract in your own yard!