Thank you!

This online exhibit is based on the physical “Bees! Diversity, Evolution, Conservation” special exhibit that went on display at the Museum of the Earth in September 2019 and will remain open through August 2020. The physical exhibit was developed in conjunction with Bryan Danforth, professor and chair of the Department of Entomology at Cornell University with grant support from the National Science Foundation and the Tompkins County Tourism Program.

We also recognize the following individuals and institutions for their contributions:

Photographs:

Joe Wilson, Utah State University

Sam Droege, USGS; Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (explore more!)

Steve Buchmann, University of Arizona

Jim Cane, USDA Bee Lab, Logan, Utah

Jerome G. Rozen, Jr., American Museum of Natural History

Nico Vereecken, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Claudio Sedivy, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Andreas Müller, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Laura Sarzetti, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Argentina

Michael Orr, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Scott MacIvor, University of Toronto, Canada

Zach Portman, University of Minnesota

William Crepet, Cornell University

Michael Engel, University of Kansas

Denis Michez, University of Mons, Belgium

Sebastián Jiménez López

Society for the Promotion of Palynological Research in Austria

Scientific and Technical Input:

Robert Minckley, University of Rochester

Jack Neff, Central Texas Melittological Institute

Eli Wyman, Princeton University

Maria Van Dyke, Cornell University

Jessica Gillung, Cornell University

Silas Bossert, Cornell University

Elizabeth Murray, Smithsonian Institution

Artwork:

Francis Fawcett 

Silas Bossert 

Phillip Krzeminski

Specimens:

David Grimaldi, American Museum 

of Natural History

Corrie Moreau and Jason Dombroskie, Cornell University Insect Collection

Kathryn Busby, University of Arizona

Videos:

Steve Buchmann, University of Arizona

Neil Losin, Day’s Edge Production

Craig Foster, Rochester Institute of Technology

Callin M. Switzer, Harvard University

Exhibit Photographs:

Jon Reis

Exhibit Design, Development, and Online Presentation at the Paleontological Research Institution:

Helaina Blume

Leon Apgar

Andrielle Swaby

Kate Rowell

Brian Gollands

Robert Ross

Dayna Jorgenson

Emily Weaver

Jonathan Hendricks

Press Coverage of Physical Exhibit

New Exhibit Explores The Incredible World Of Bees, Lansing Star, Friday, October 11, 2019

Meet the Bees: Museum of Earth's unique exhibit about solitary bees, Edwin J. Viera, Ithaca Times, October 23, 2019

Bee exhibit creates buzz at Museum of the Earth, Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell Chronicle, November 21, 2019