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Local Organizations

Burque Bee City – City of Albuquerque
Pocket Guide to Native Bees in NM
Let’s Plant ABQ
Xerces Society – NM
Tree New Mexico
NM Backyard Refug
ABQ Bee Keeprs
NM Bee Association
NM Healthy Soil Working Group

Data & Resource Documents

The Nature Conservancy: Albuquerque Canopy Data
Pocket Guide to Native Bees in NM
Bee Identification: NM Native Bees
505Outside – Xeriscaping
Bees of New Mexico (2001)
Xerces: AZ/NM Mountains Native Plants for Pollinators
Xerces: Rocky Mountain Native Plants for Pollinators
Xerces: Southern Plains Native Plants for Pollinators
Xerces: AZ/NM/CO Plateau Native Plants for Pollinators
505 Outside: Watering Guide
Native Plant Society: Gardening with Native Plants
Albuquerque Master Gardeners

Local Sources/Stores

Plants of the Southwest
Xerces: NM Pollinator Habitat Kits
Albuquerque Libraries: Free Seeds

News & updates

  • Bees and Weeds

    Today I went down to the Albuquerque Bosque (which in Spanish means “forest”). It is a strip along the river, with one of the largest contiguous cottonwood forests in the U.S. There I walked along the acequias—–an amazingly intricate web of waterways in the valley, connected to the Rio Grande.  It was created hundreds of…

  • Spirituality of Bees

    O.k. you knew I’d get there, right?  You’ve probably been counting to 100 saying, “Wait for it”. So, here it is.  As a spiritual seeker, ordained person and beekeeper, with a blogpost called “Think like a Bee”, it’s time. So, I’ve been musing on this subject.  It is bigger than I.  I have a few…

  • On the dole

    Today I felt a little bit like Uncle Sam. (Why is this print green? Perhaps to highlight Uncle Sam’s favorite currency, the greenbacks…?)  Almost all my girls in the hive are struggling.  They have a bumper crop of brood and babies, and amazingly, prolific New Mexican born queens and no honey.  Yep.  A few weeks…