{"id":731,"date":"2021-06-02T00:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T00:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-w21-corinne\/?p=731"},"modified":"2021-06-02T05:57:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T05:57:59","slug":"week-9-highlights-and-reflections-wip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-w21-corinne\/week-9-highlights-and-reflections-wip\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 9: highlights and reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A: Natural history\/regen ag research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This quarter I profiled five Northwest native kinds of bees, the Mason bees (Osmia<\/em>), Bumble bees (Bombus<\/em>), Leafcutter bees (Megachile<\/em>), Sweat bees (family Halictidae), and Mining bees (Andrenidae). Within each category is surprising diversity. \u201cBees\u201d encompasses over 4,000 insect species from North America alone, and over 20,000 worldwide (Wilson-Rich 2014). They can be tiny enough that you don\u2019t notice them when you\u2019re admiring a flower, or big enough that they make a loud tap when they bump into your window. They can be blue, green, yellow, black, and\/or orange. They might forage in the spring or summer or even fall. Some make honey, some don\u2019t. Some use a village to raise their young, and some have single-parent households. Wild bees in the Pacific Northwest need to be able to tolerate rain and cool temperatures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My favorite bees fall under the category of leafcutters, who often use flower petals and leaves to create colorful packages for their young. These artists make their brood cells in hollow stems, holes, or man-made tubes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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