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At the start of the morning session, Dr.
Rozen introduced students to key features
of bee morphology and classification.
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Liz Johnson, Metro Program Manager of the CBC,
provided an overview of bee conservation issues.
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Dr. Rozen worked closely with individual students
on fine points of identification and the use of a
key to identify bees of New England and mid-
Atlantic Region.
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Accurate identification of a bee requires a
clear grasp of its ground plan and external
morphology. Lab sessions provided students
with an opportunity to use the key and work
together to compare the identifications that
they made individually.
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Students had proper net techniques
for bee collection explained in
the lab before heading to the field.
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Dr. Rozen demonstrated how to
hold a full net to the sunlight and
use an aspirator to collect small
bees or other Hymenoptera.
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Workshop participants gathered for the field
session at a Wildlife Management Area in
northwestern New Jersey.
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After initial demonstrations of techniques
for finding and netting bees, and for handling
them in the net, the participants split up into
small groups to work more effectively.
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Habitat was abundant at all three of the work
sites. Large meadows, abandoned crop land,
wooded field margins and areas near water
were surveyed, and a wide diversity of
species was found.
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Dr. Rozen worked closely with participants to
aid them in identifying capitve bees, and by
showing them where bee larvae may be found
in stalks and twigs of the surrounding vegetation.
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Cells that contained the larvae of solitary bees
are examined after being discovered in a twig
by a class participant.
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There were opportunities for participants
to consult and to compare their findings...
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and a chance to reflect during a full
day of intensive study.
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Bees of the New York and Mid-Atlantic Region
Workshop Highlights
