How to Think Like A Bee - Online Classroom

Join Dave Hunter, founder of Crown Bees and a leading expert on cavity-nesting bees, for a fascinating look into the world of North America’s 3,600+ native bee species. Through stories, science, and firsthand experience, you’ll uncover how solitary bees live, nest, and thrive—and why they matter more than ever.

Dave will share how shifting perspective—learning to “think like a bee”—helped Crown Bees empower gardeners and conservationists across the country. This mindset shift opens the door to broader insights: when we think like a bee, we also start to “think like a bear,” a bird, or a tree—building deeper connections with the living world around us.

You'll also explore Crown Bees’ approach to rewilding communities by restoring habitat and reconnecting people with nature—one yard, park, and neighborhood at a time.

Seminar Notes

This presentation will encourage attendees to speak up throughout the presentation and be interactive with prompting discussion questions interspersed within lecture segments. Breakout rooms will be used.

Presenter

Dave Hunter has been raising mason bees for over 20 years. What started as a backyard hobby has turned into a unique business that engages backyard gardeners and orchardists to help provide solitary mason bees to commercial orchards and crops for pollination. Founder and owner of Crown Bees. 

lead Photo Credit Mickey Eisenberg

7:00-8:00pm PST via Zoom Meeting
Meeting link will be sent to registered attendees the day of the session.