“Native Bees of the Northeastern United States”
Speaker: Angela Hartley

Bees bees bees!!! Learn about a current initiative to identify and track bee populations in the northeastern U.S. Learn how to identify some common native bees, including their unique characteristics and conservation status. And learn why native bees are important, why they are in danger, and how to protect them.

Speaker Bio:  Angela Hartley, MA, MPhil, ELS, currently lives in Harrisburg, PA and is the business and editorial director of a specialty nursing journal headquartered in Washington, DC. A few years ago, she completed the Master Gardener (MG) program through Penn State Extension (PSE) and quickly became interested in insects in the garden, particularly native bees. She’s given presentations on flies in the garden, native bees, creating a pollinator garden, and obtaining pollinator-friendly status through the PSE certification program. She leads “Walk and Talk with a Master Gardener” tours at local parks and enjoys opening her own garden for visitors. The plantings on her property (with two pollinator certifications) continue to evolve as she increasingly focuses on gardening for wildlife. On her property, Willowdale Farm, she has documented 278 animal species, 234 of which are insects (60 species of bees). Angie is also an amateur photographer specializing in macro photography that is featured on her Willowdale Farm website.

This Zoom program is free to all HPS/MAG Members. $15 for Non-members. Registration is required. This event will be recorded and will be available for registrants to watch for just 2 weeks following the lecture.

Registration will open November 15^th. The deadline to register is January 31^st.

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Please make sure you have Zoom installed on your computer. Plan to join 5 minutes before the start time. The talk will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A. Questions can be submitted via chat box and will be read to the speaker by the HPS/MAG moderator. Please note that all participants will be muted for the duration of the event.

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