Local BEEr episode

Did you know not all bees live in hives or create honey? In fact, most species of bees native to the US are of the solitary variety. This week, Meghan Barrett tells us about a few of those species and what makes them so unique. Suggested Reading: The Bees in your Backyard by Wilson and Carril: http://beesinyourbackyard.blogspot.com/p/poster.html (Poster and Book); highly recommend this book, inexpensive with BEAUTIFUL pictures and tons of fun information about the bees around us Bee lab: https://www.beelab.umn.edu/bees/bee-diversity Article on bee intelligence: https://phys.org/news/2013-10-bee-brains-view-larger-superior.html Lay-person-friendly summary of Meghan's first published paper: http://meghan-barrett.com/blog/2017/10/01/caste-differences-in-wasp-brains/ Follow me:[email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Follow Meghan Barrett: meghan-barrett.com, @Bee_Bytes (Twitter) Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing