![Page 1: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Adamson
Native Pollinators Recognizing Their Amazing Diversity and Assessing Their Habitat Needs
Mace VaughanPollinator Conservation Program Co‐DirectorPartner Biologist, USDA NRCS
![Page 2: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Photos: James Cane; Jeff Adams; Dana Ross; Bruce Newhouse
Main Groups of Pollinators
Photos: Mace Vaughan, Bob Hammond, David Inouye, Bruce Newhouse
![Page 3: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Meet the Pollinators: Butterflies
Photos: MJ Hatfield, Doug Tallamy, Jennifer Hopwood
![Page 4: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Photos: Jennifer Hopwood, MJ Hatfield, Jolie Goldenetz Dollar
Meet the Pollinators: Moths
![Page 5: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Photo: Doug Tallamy, © Mace Vaughan (Xerces Society)
© Mace Vaughan (Xerces Society)
Butterflies and Moths: Habitat Needs
Food• Different needs as larva and adults• Caterpillars require host plants• Adults need nectar plants
![Page 6: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Photo: Jolie Goldenetz Dollar
Shelter and overwintering • Strategy varies by species• Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, or adult • Examples: caterpillars hibernate in rolled leaves on ground, in soil at base of host plant, under loose tree bark,…
Butterflies and Moths: Habitat Needs
![Page 7: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Photo: Mace Vaughan (Xerces Society)
Meet the Pollinators: Flies
![Page 8: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Food: Larvae eat other insects, detritus, dung, carrion; Some adults eat nectar or pollenShelter: Protection from harsh conditions; overwinter in leaf litter, soil layer, etc.
Photo: Alex Wild
Flies: Habitat Needs
![Page 9: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Photo: © Alex Wild
Meet the Pollinators: Beetles
Food: Larvae eat other insects, detritus, dung, carrion; many adults feed on nectar or pollenShelter: Overwinter in leaf litter, soil, bunch grass, rotting wood
![Page 10: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Photo: © Betsy Betros
Meet the Pollinators: Wasps
![Page 11: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
© Bruce Newhouse
Meet the Pollinators: Wasps
Food: Many adult predatory wasps feed on nectar; adult females hunt prey to feed their carnivorous larvaeShelter: Nests in ground, structures, or in cavities
![Page 12: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Bees are the only pollinators to consume pollen or nectar as larvae and adults.
Photo: Nancy Adamson
Bees: The Most Important Pollinators
![Page 13: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Bees: The Most Important Pollinators
Photo: Edward S. Ross
• Bees actively collect and transport pollen• Bees exhibit flower constancy• Bees regularly forage in area around nest
![Page 14: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Photo: Robert W. Matthews, University of Georgia; Bugwood.org
Honey Bees…Not the Typical Bee
![Page 15: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Photos: Eric Mader, Rollin Coville,, Marlin Rice
The European Honey Bee • Introduced to the U.S.• Domesticated• Social, large colonies• Queen and workers• Perennial colony
Honey Bees…Not the Typical Bee
![Page 16: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Wild Native Bees: Amazing Diversity
Photos: Doug Walsh, Bob Hammond, Mace Vaughan, Eric Lee‐Mader, Nancy Lee Adamson
Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila).
There is a tremendous diversity of native bees • Nearly 3,600 species of native bees in the U.S.• Over 5,000 species of native bees in North America
![Page 17: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Wide range of colors, shapes, and sizes (e.g. tiny mining bee vs. giant carpenter bee)
Photo: Stephen L. Buchmann
Wild Native Bees: Amazing Diversity
![Page 18: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Photo: Rollin Coville
Native Bee Diversity: Leaf-cutter Bees
![Page 19: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Photo: Mace Vaughan
Native Bee Diversity: Leaf-cutter Bees
![Page 20: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Photo: Mace Vaughan (Xerces Society)
Native Bee Diversity: Mason Bees
![Page 21: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Native Bee Diversity: Carpenter Bees (Large)
Photo: Rollin Coville
![Page 22: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Native Bee Diversity: Carpenter Bees (Small)
Photo: Rollin Coville
![Page 23: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Native Bee Diversity: Striped Sweat Bees
Photo: Mace Vaughan (Xerces Society)
![Page 24: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Native Bee Diversity: Green Sweat Bees
Photo: Rollin Coville
![Page 25: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Native Bee Diversity: Green Striped Sweat Bees
Photo: Rollin Coville
![Page 26: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Native Bee Diversity: Miner Bees (Tickle Bees)
Photo: Mace Vaughan (Xerces Society)
![Page 27: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Native Bee Diversity: Long-Horned Bees
Photo: Rollin Coville
![Page 28: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Native Bee Diversity: Sunflower Bees
Photo: Rollin Coville
![Page 29: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Bumble Bees (social)Ground‐Nesting Bees (solitary)
Tunnel‐Nesting Bees (solitary)
Photos: Rollin Coville (top); Nancy Lee Adamson, The Xerces Society (bottom); Elaine Evans (right)
Three Broad Groups of Native Bees
![Page 30: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Photos: Dennis Briggs
Life Cycle of a Solitary Bee
Mining bee (Andrena sp.): a year in its underground nest as egg, larva, and pupa before emerging to spend a few weeks as an adult.
![Page 31: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Photos: Eric Mader, Rollin Coville, Dennis Briggs
Ground‐Nesting Solitary Bees
~70% of native bee species nest underground• Very common bees• Resemble ant‐nests• Lined with waxy glandular secretions, resist flooding
© Dennis Briggs© Dennis Briggs
![Page 32: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Tunnel‐Nesting Solitary Bees
Photos: Edward Ross, Darrin O’Brien, Matthew Shepherd
~30% of native bee species nest in tunnels• Hollow stems, beetle borer holes, snags, rotting wood, snail shells
• Nest tunnel partitions constructed of mud, leaf pieces, or sawdust
• Artificially managed for some crops
![Page 33: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Tunnel‐Nesting Solitary Bees
Mud capPollen mass Egg Mud wall
![Page 34: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Tunnel‐Nesting Bees
Photos: Eric Lee‐Mader (Xerces), Darrin O’Brien
Managed tunnel‐nesting bees:• Mason bees (Osmia lignaria, O. cornifrons)
![Page 35: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Tunnel‐Nesting Bees
Photos: Mace Vaughan (Xerces), Eric Lee‐Mader (Xerces), Jennifer Hopwood (Xerces)
Managed tunnel‐nesting bees:• Leafcutter bees (Megachile spp.)
![Page 36: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
Bumble Bees (Social)
Photos: Elaine Evans, Nancy Adamson, Eric Mader
45 species in U.S.,~26 in East• Social colonies founded by single queen• Annual, last only one season• Nest may contain 100‐300 workers• Nests in abandoned rodent burrows, brush piles, tussocks, tree cavities
![Page 37: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
Winter: Hibernating queen
Spring: Queen establishes nest and lays eggs
Summer: Colony peakAfter mating, males die
Early Fall:Males leave nest, then new queens leave to find a mate
Fall: Mated queens seek overwintering sites, founding queen dies
Illustration: David Wysotski
Early Summer: Worker females help grow the colony
Bumble Bee Life Cycle
![Page 38: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
Photo: Mace Vaughan (Xerces Society)
Questions?
![Page 39: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
Assessing Pollinator Habitat
Photo: Mace Vaughan, Xerces Society
![Page 40: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
Assessing Pollinator Habitat
Photo: Mace Vaughan, Xerces Society
![Page 41: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
Photo: Jessa Guisse
The Value of Habitat
The amount of natural habitat on or close to a farm has a direct influence on pollinator diversity and abundance.
![Page 42: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
Assessing a site or landscape for value to pollinators • Recognize existing habitat• Identify habitat deficiencies• Prioritize habitat improvements
Assessing Habitat and Designing Improvements
Photo: Anna MacDonald
![Page 43: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
Assessing a Site or Landscape for Value to Pollinators
• Xerces’ Pollinator Habitat Assessment Form and Guide for Farms and Agricultural Landscapes
• An assessment form and guide is also available for natural areas and rangelands
• A subjective tool
• Quantify characteristics• Landscape‐level• Site‐level
The Habitat Assessment Process
![Page 44: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
Purpose: • Educate user (landowner and/or conservationist)
• Prioritize conservation actions
• Quantify habitat or management improvements on a single farm
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
Photo: Mace Vaughan, Xerces Society
![Page 45: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
Section 1: Landscape FeaturesPercent of Natural Habitat Around the Farm
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
![Page 46: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
Section 1: Landscape Features:Dominant Type of Vegetation
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
Photos: Eric Lee‐Mäder, Xerces Society; Kelly Gill, Xerces Society
![Page 47: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
Section 2: Farmscape Features:Amount of Habitat on the Farm
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
Photos: Jennifer Hopwood, Xerces Society; Matthew Shepherd, Xerces Society
![Page 48: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
Section 2: Farmscape Features:Additional Farm Features
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
Photos: Don Keirstead, NRCS; Jessa Kay Cruz, Xerces Society; Eric Lee‐Mäder, Xerces Society
![Page 49: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
Section 3: Foraging Habitat Overall vegetative cover
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
![Page 50: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
Section 3: Foraging HabitatSpring Blooming Plants
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
![Page 51: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
Section 3: Foraging Habitat:Summer Blooming Plants
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
Photos: Gary Casabona; Nancy Lee Adamson, Xerces Society
![Page 52: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
Section 3: Foraging Habitat:Fall Blooming Plants
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
Photos: Scott Seigfreid; Sarah Foltz Jordan, Xerces Society; Jennifer Hopwood, Xerces Society; Sarah Foltz Jordan, Xerces Society
![Page 53: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
Section 4: Nesting Habitat: Ground‐nesting bees
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
![Page 54: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
Section 4: Nesting Habitat: Wood‐ and Cavity‐nesting bees
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
![Page 55: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
Section 5: Farm Management Practices: Non‐chemical and pest management techniques used on the farm
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
![Page 56: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
Section 5: Farm Management Practices: Insecticide Use
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
![Page 57: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
Section 5: Farm Practices: Land management techniques used in habitat on farm
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
Photos: Jenn Vanuga, NRCS; Jennifer Hopwood, Xerces Society; Toby Alexander, NRCS
![Page 58: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
Sum it all up…
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Guide
![Page 59: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
Habitat Assessment Guides
http://www.xerces.org/pollinator‐conservation/habitat‐assessment‐guides/
![Page 60: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
Additional Resources and Guidelineswww.xerces.org
![Page 61: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
Additional Resources and Guidelines
www.xerces.org/pollinator-
conservation/
![Page 62: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
Additional Resources and Guidelines
www.xerces.org/pollinator-
conservation/
![Page 63: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
Further Information: Resource Center
Pollinator Conservation Resource Center
Region-specific Information from Xerces, Cooperative Extension, USDA-NRCS, NGO, and other sources, including:
• Regional plant Lists• Conservation Guides• Nest construction guides• Links to identification guides• Pesticide Guidelines• Native Plant Nursery Directory
www.xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center
![Page 64: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
NRCS Technical and Financial Assistance Programs:• Conservation Technical Assistance• Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
• Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
• Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs (ACEP)
Farm Service Agency Financial Assistance Programs:• Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
• Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
Farm Bill Programs for Pollinators
https://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/opennonwebcontent.aspx?content=38006.wba
![Page 65: Native Pollinators - Diversity and Habitat Assessment.ppttppcwebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Native-Pollinators... · Source: Ascher and Pickering. 2015. Discover Life bee](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0448307e708231d40d34c7/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
Photo: Rollin Coville
Thank You!
Major support from the USDA NRCS Financial support from Xerces Society Members USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research
and Education program Turner Foundation CS Fund The Ceres Foundation Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund
Contact information:[email protected]