Pollinator Night at the Glass Station

April 24th, 2025 | 6-7:30pm

Glass Station | 446 Main Street | South Kingstown

RSVP required – see link below

Join the URI Bee Lab, RIWPS, and The Glass Station to learn about our local bees and the importance of pollinating flowering native and crop plants as we discuss the findings from the most recent research funded by the Glass Bee Fellowship*!

Abby Gill, URI Wildlife Conservation Biology Major and 2024 Glass Bee Fellow, and Steven Alm, Professor of Entomology and head of URI’s Bee Lab will be presenting research findings on the bees of Rhode Island.

Gill spent the summer at the URI Bee Lab under the mentorship of Dr.Alm. Through the course of the fellowship, she researched cranberry pollination in cultivated and wild cranberry bogs, and assisted with the ongoing Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) bee surveys.

Wild Plant Society (RIWPS) will also be in attendance to answer questions on pollinators, our native plant species, and ways you can support native biodiversity.  RIWPS will be offering ecotypic seeds from some of the species in our  ReSeeding RI initiative along with seeds from other ecotypic 59  species.

*The Glass Bee Fellowship is a summer research fellowship funded by sales of artist Jennifer Nauck’s glass bees, and made available annually through the Coastal and Environmental Fellows Program for an undergraduate at the University of Rhode Island.

Come with your questions on bees or insects in general!

Limited free spaces available, RSVP required. RSVP is through the Glass Station.  CLICK HERE