Lincoln Best

Photo of Lincoln Best wearing a full brim hat in front of Kiger Gorge, OR.

Faculty Research Assistant

Programs: Master Melittologist Program

Links: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/master-melittologist/becoming-certified-maste…

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.

Content by Lincoln Best

Rare western bumblebee discovery will help scientists determine reason for decline

The discovery allows research collaborators in OSU Extension, the Oregon Department of Forestry, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and University of Oregon to research the western bumblebee to help determine why it is disappearing and how to stop its measurable decline.

Kym Pokorny | Dec 22, 2022 | News story

Rare rabbitbrush fairy cuckoo bee discovered in Oregon

The rare rabbitbrush fairy cuckoo bee was discovered in Oregon in 2019. Learn about this tiny bee, whose unique lifestyle is based on stealing nest space and food resources from other bees.

Lincoln Best, Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2021 | Article

Volunteer's discovery adds to knowledge of rare Oregon bee species

The small stonecrop mason bee (Hoplitis emarginata) had never been found in Oregon until 2019 when it was discovered by Master Melittologist Judi Maxwell in the Siskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon. Only one person had seen it...

Lincoln Best, Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2021 | Article

Rare lava field bee rediscovered by Extension volunteer

Oregon's lava hole bee hadn't been seen in Oregon for almost 50 years when OSU Extension Master Melittologist Ellen Watrous rediscovered the bee in 2018 for the Oregon Bee Atlas. This bee had only been seen in Oregon four ...

Lincoln Best, Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2021 | Article

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