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Native bees in the Oregon Coast Range are diverse and abundant in clearcut areas within a few years of timber harvest.

Oregon State University A blue orchard bee is on a flower. The more severe the fire, the greater percentage of females – more than 10% greater in the most badly burned areas, according to a university report. Steve Lundeberg | Jan 15, 2021 Researchers at Oregon State University have found that the blue orchard bee, an important native pollinator, produces female offspring at higher rates in the aftermath of wildfire in forests. The more severe the fire had been, the greater percentage of females – more than 10% greater in the most badly burned areas relative to a...

Date Time Bees respond to wildfire aftermath by producing more female offspring CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have found that the blue orchard bee, an important native pollinator, produces female offspring at higher rates in the aftermath of wildfire in forests. The more severe the fire had been, the greater percentage of females – more than 10% greater in the most badly burned areas relative to areas that burned the least severely. “This is one of the first studies that has looked at how forest fire severity influences bee demography,” said Jim Rivers, an a...