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Pollinator Walks
The Calgary Pollinators Project is a community science project on iNaturalist dedicated to do…
Rare Plant Walks: May 2024
Join our first Plant Walk of the Summer! May 25th at Lethbridge Indian Battle Park. What to b…
Pollinator Week 2022
Pollinator Week is June 20-26. There are many events and ways to celebrate and learn more about Calg…
Calgary Pollinator Count!
Join our Calgary Pollinator Count! We want to understand what pollinators are in the City of…
Bumble Bees of Calgary: A key and illustrated guide
Bumble Bees of Calgary A key and illustrated guide for identification of the bumble bee species foun…
Accidental Entomophagy: Eating Bugs!
Written by: Tehreem Chughtai as part of Zoology 507 research (supervisor: Mindi Summers) …
Native Bees: Chinook Blast Art & Science Event
While we all know what a bee is, do we know what kind of bees reside in our communities What flowers…
Insect Science Communication Gallery
Students enrolled in Zoology 435 created a series of science communication pieces on why we should c…
Contribute your observations of biodiversity!
iNaturalist, or iNat for short, is a citizen science project designed to help anyone and everyone lo…
Policies About Conservation
Policies and projects around Calgary meant to conserve and protect our native pollinators. Th…
Bio-Inspired Design
Resources that can help you make your own bio-inspired design page and get it published! Step 1: Ins…
Planting Guides
A collection of resources for planting a pollinator friendly flower garden, with information on plan…
Native Bees of Alberta
The following is a list of bee genera found in Alberta, courtesy of Lincoln Best as part of the Calg…
Biodiversity and Sustainability
A group of websites and databases dedicated to monitoring and quantifying the biodiversity of variou…