Mason bees are emerging! 🌼

But what are they foraging on right now?

Thanks to the Washington Bee Atlas—now in year 4 of data collection—we’re learning that mason bees are generalist pollinators, visiting a wide range of early spring blooms. This includes plants in the Ranunculales family (buttercups), the rose family (like fruit trees), and many more.

Dive into the data here:
🔗 https://imerss.github.io/imerss-bioinfo/indexBeasWaBA.html