Lincoln Best

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Senior Faculty Research Assistant 1

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Programs: Master Melittologist Program

Department/Unit: Horticulture

Biography

Lincoln works on the Master Melittologist program and Oregon Bee Atlas at OSU's Corvallis Campus. He instructs the Oregon Native Bee School Intermediate and Advanced courses which provide training in taxonomy, a good way to learn the bees. Check out our publications on The Bees of the PNW.

Content by Lincoln Best

Interactive website puts Oregon’s native bees on the map

Melittoflora visualizes thousands of bee–plant interactions statewide.

Chris Branam | May 13, 2025 | News story

New online tools simplify native bee identification in Pacific Northwest

The keys, funded by the College of Forestry’s Fish and Wildlife Habitat in Managed Forests program, took nearly three years to assemble and are aimed at scientists, land managers, and bee enthusiasts.

Lincoln Best | Dec 2024 | Impact story

Volunteers to help OSU map Oregon’s native bees

Trained “B-Team” will collect data to guide Endangered Species Act decisions.

Kym Pokorny | Oct 31, 2023 | News story

Western bumblebee nest discovered high in the Cascades

Researchers uncover rare western bumblebee nest deep in a burrow.

Kym Pokorny | Dec 22, 2022 | News story

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