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Bee Stewards Program

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Do you want to build bee habitat or take your existing habitat to the next level?

The Bee Stewards program is an introductory course on bee biology and habitat enhancement. It includes:

  • 5 online self-paced training modules
  • 215-page student resource manual (mailed to you!)
  • An aluminum yard sign for your bee habitat
  • Weekly office hours and quarterly zoom meetings with course instructors
  • A personalized Stewardship Report (available in regions with Bee Atlases only)
  • A certificate and hat following course completion
  • Access to FREE high-quality educational materials from the Bee Advocate program

Bee Stewards will teach you about the diversity of bees and how to meet their various needs through careful landscape design and plant selection. Course topics include bee life histories, basic bee identification, how to perform a habitat assessment, and designing, preparing, and maintaining bee habitat.

Stewardship Report

Bee Stewards that complete their plant inventory project will receive a personalized Stewardship Report, documenting bee species we think are likely at your site, and a tailored list of plant recommendations. This report is based on the latest research from Oregon State University, the Oregon Bee Atlas, and other regional Bee Atlas programs, and is designed to help you select the best plants to support a diverse community of bees in your habitat!

This training can be completed within one year.

Bee Stewards Program logo - a hand is holding flowers that are attracting a bee
Photo: Bee Stewards
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Who should register?

  • Those seeking an introductory education in native bee biology and those looking for practical tools to enhance native bee health and biodiversity through habitat creation and stewardship
    or
  • Those interested in the Master Melittologist Program who aren’t willing or able to kill bees for collection and curation, or who aren't yet ready to begin surveying for bees. If your interest in wild bee surveying is piqued after completing the Bee Stewards course, you are eligible to enter the Master Melittologist Apprentice Program for a reduced fee ($200).

While we are happy to welcome students from any location, please note that our course materials have a Pacific Northwest focus, and student packets and certificates can only be mailed to addresses within the United States and Canada.

Program fee

The program fee is $250.

If your interest in wild bee surveying is piqued after completing the Bee Stewards course, you are eligible to enter the Master Melittologist Apprentice Program for a reduced fee ($200). Contact [email protected] for info.

Participation criteria

May I purchase this program as a gift for someone else?

Purchasing our course as a gift for another person:

  • Visit the gift purchase site: https://beav.es/TeA
  • The form will prompt for an amount (enter $250), and then you will add the recipient’s information and the course name (Bee Stewards Program).
  • You will enter your billing information on the payment page.
  • Then contact Jen Larsen ([email protected]) to let her know that you paid as we will not get a copy of the payment.
  • You will receive an automatic confirmation message from TouchNet for your purchase. PLEASE NOTE: If you enter the gift recipient’s email then they will get a message too, something to think about if it is a surprise.

How to redeem a gift:

  • You will notify the recipient of the gift by sending them the link to register for the course: https://apps.ideal-logic.com/osuextension
  • Then the recipient will register themselves for the program, as they will need to set up their own log in account (using Google, Microsoft, facebook, LinkedIn). When the recipient reaches the Payment tab in the registration, they can click “Save for later” and contact [email protected] to complete the process for them.

The Bee Stewards Program is supported through a grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Pollinator Health Fund and Western SARE.

Do you want to help educate people about bee biodiversity and creating bee habitat?

The BEE ADVOCATE program is designed for those interested in outreach and public education. This program is FREE and open to anyone who engages with the public, such as Master Gardeners or Master Beekeepers, anyone tabling at farmer's markets, delivering talks to school groups, and more.

Participants will learn to use bee educational resources available for FREE from Oregon State University, including infographic cards and seed packs.

Become a Bee Advocate
Photo: Bee Advocate (Cropped from original)

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