Links for Learning
In the news
Local native bee conservation efforts
About the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee identification
About bees
Other threatened & endangered species
Creating habitat in yards
- Chicago Tribune - The endangered rusty patched bumblebee is at the center of a legal challenge over habitat that conservationists say it needs to survive
- Natural Resources Defense Council - Chicago, a "Sweet Home" for an Endangered Bee?
- Daily Northwestern - Evanston Host Plant Initiative works to save endangered bee species
- Evanston RoundTable - Community Science Project Hopes to Draw Endangered Bumble Bee to Evanston Gardens
- DePaul Newsline - Saving the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, One Plant at a Time
- Fox 32 - How you can save the bees one plant at a time
Local native bee conservation efforts
About the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
- Northern Illinois Bumble Bee Identification and Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Concerns by Terry Miesle
- Xerces Society
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- A Ghost in the Making Documentary
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Fact Sheet
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee identification
- Xerces: Pocket Guide for Identifying the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
- Bee Spotter: Bumble Bee Field Guides
- UMN: Bee Lab
- UMN: Rusty Patched Bumble Bee ID Video
- UMN: Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Queens ID Video
About bees
- Native Bee Society
- The Secret World of Bees (Documentary)
- Xerces Society: Bumble Bees
- My Garden of a Thousand Bees (Documentary)
- Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide by Heather Holm (Book)
Other threatened & endangered species
- Midwest Species
- IUCN Redlist
- Xerces: Endangered Species
- Pollinators of Native Plants by Heather Holm (Book)
Creating habitat in yards
- Prairie Moon Nursery - Seeds for the Rusty Patched Patched Bumble Bee
- Homegrown National Park by Doug Tallamy (Books & Videos)
- Bumble Bee Banquet: Selecting Native Plants for Bumble Bees by Heather Holm (Video)
- Pollinator Partnership: Ecoregional Pollinator Friendly Planting Guides
- 99% Invisible: Lawn Order (podcast episode about history and regulations of lawns)
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