The Minnesota Bee Atlas is a research project that relies on volunteers to learn more about the distribution and diversity of Minnesota's 500+ bee species. Get to know Minnesota bees with our new Species Guide.

Volunteers have submitted photos of bees to iNaturalist, adopted bumble bee survey routes, and monitored nesting blocks for stem nesting bees. 

You can still contribute to bee research in Minnesota! The activities of the original MN Bee Atlas continue under separate projects. 

1. Host a bee block for the Wood-Nesting Bee Atlas in 2026. We will be looking for people to hang blocks in natural areas and monitor them throughout the summer. Put your name down on our volunteer list and we'll contact you with more details.

2. Volunteer to survey bumble bees with the Bumble Bee Atlas. 

3. Photograph bees and upload them to iNaturalist. Any photos of bees in Minnesota will be automatically added to the MN Bee Atlas project on iNaturalist.

4.  Photograph round cuts in leaves made by leafcutter bees to the Megachile bee leaf cuts project on iNaturalist.

Volunteers have documented over 50,000 bees in Minnesota since the project started in 2016. Check out our results.