The Cheshire Public Library is excited to join with the Cheshire Pollinator Pathway and the Hamden Land Conservation Trust to bring you a Zoom presentation on specialist bees from Heather Holm, pollinator conservationist and award-winning author.

The monarch butterfly is probably the most famous insect specialist (the caterpillars feed only on milkweed), but did you know that many native bees are also specialists? Female native bee specialists, or oligoleges, collect pollen from a narrow range of native plants; this could mean just one plant genus or species, or many genera that belong to one plant family. Heather will highlight many of these native plant-bee specializations as well as the overlapping habitat requirements of the bees and plants. She'll also discuss the threats to specialists such as habitat loss and climate change.

Registration Required. Register with an email and a zoom link will be sent to you one hour before the program starts.

Our thanks goes out to the Cheshire Pollinator Pathway and the Hamden Land Conservation Trust for partnering with us, and to the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library for providing the funds to help make this program possible!