LUNCH & LECTURE at MPM
Milwaukee Public Museum 800 W. Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233
The Bees of the Southern Lake Michigan Region: An Ecological and Faunistic Monograph
February 12, 2019
Summary
Get a taste of some of the great research happening in Milwaukee during our Lunch & Lecture presentations.Take an optional guided pre-lecture docent tour, explore the topic du jour with an MPM curator or special guest, and if you’re hungry for more, stay for a great lunch.
The ecological relationship that has developed between bees and flowering plants — food acquisition and pollination — is a topic of rich study. Geographically rare bee species, unknown to occur in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, have been discovered during the recent collecting efforts and are significant in that their natural histories have been refined. Notwithstanding the numerous factors accelerating the decline of bees, such as habitat loss, climate change, pesticides/herbicides, diseases, and parasites, the intactness of natural-area remnants or habitats is where the bulk of bee diversity resides today. Hear from Laura Rericha-Anchor, Wildlife Biologist II at Forest Preserve District of Cook County in Elgin, IL and Research Associate at Conservation Research Institute in Cedarburg, WI.
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