Free Ohio Bee & Garden Guides
Get FREE bee, plant, garden and project guides to help native bees thrive. Even one flowering plant or tree is a power-full act that helps restore habitat for bees and other wildlife.
Guides & Resources
Our community library of FREE guides and resources empowers you to help native bees and pollinators flourish. Learn about native bees, plants, and trees, connect with nurseries and seed providers, explore DIY projects and habitat restoration programs, access citizen science apps, download our coloring page and more.
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OHIO NATIVE PLANT GUIDE / Taft & Knapke
NATIVE TREES FOR BEES / OSU Bee Lab
OHIO NATIVE PLANT GUIDE / Lynda Price
100+ OHIO NURSERIES / Ohio Native Plant Month
OHIO BEE GUIDE / The OSU O.A.R.D.C.
BEGINNERS BEE ID GUIDE / P2
EASTERN ECOREGIONAL PLANT GUIDE / P2
NATIVE TREE SELECTOR / Cleveland Metroparks
BEES VS. WASPS / Ohio Dept. of Wildlife
BUMBLE BEES OF EASTERN U.S. / USDA & P2
DIY A POLLINATOR GARDEN / Ohio Native Plant Month
MIDWEST POLLINATOR GARDEN GUIDE / P2
HOW TO BUILD A BEE CONDO / P2
BEE-FRIENDLY SEED MIXES / OPN SEED
OPN offers 22 Bee-friendly Seed Mixes as well as Eco-friendly Lawn Alternatives.
HOW TO PLANT NATIVE GRASS + WILDFLOWER SEED / OPN Seed
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Partners Program
70 % of the land in the U.S. is privately owned. The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides technical and financial assistance to landowners, managers, Tribes, corporations, schools and nonprofits interested in improving wildlife habitat. All private landowners interested in restoring wildlife habitat on their land are eligible to participate.
Ohio Department of Transportation
Pollinator Habitat Program
In late 2016, ODOT created a fully funded Highway Beautification and Pollinator Habitat Program to establish new pollinator habitat on ODOT’s right of way. ODOT has actively expanded its number of roadside pollinator habitats from 15 in 2016 to 120 in 2018. Currently, ODOT has more than 800 acres of roadside pollinator habitats in development with plans to add 150 acres per year, and to have at least one roadside pollinator habitat in each of Ohio’s 88 counties by 2022. Contact them to learn more.
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POLLINATOR PARTNERSHIP
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XERCES SOCIETY
Citizen science APPS
Bumble Bee Watch App Track and conserve North America’s bumble bees. The Bumble Bee Watch app is the best way to learn and engage with bumble bees and to contribute sightings to this important citizen science project.
iNaturalist App Identify plants and animals with visually similar suggestions. Get connected with a community of over a million scientists and naturalists who can help you learn more about nature!
Seek by iNaturalist App Use the power of image recognition technology to identify the plants and animals all around you. Earn badges for seeing different types of birds, amphibians, plants, and fungi and participate in monthly observation challenges.
Wild Bee ID App for iPad Your go-to guide for ID’ing bees and bee-friendly plants, creating pollinator gardens, and learning how to get involved in the fight to protect these critical species. For iPad.
Download our coloring page
Click on the image to download our original coloring page featuring our beloved bumble bee mascot! You are never too old to color!
Create art that fosters connections between gentle, wild bees and healthy ecosystems, food, forests, and humans.
We invite you to download and print this coloring page to create coloring stations for your next nature-themed event.
BEE NEWS
Learn why bees native bees are imperiled and what you can do to help them flourish in your home place.