Colla Lab

Let's save wild bees and other endangered native pollinators.

Early signs of spring in Toronto and the Great Lakes region
Donate to Support Sheila Colla's family
Donate to Support Sheila Colla's family
The Buzz | Remembering Sheila Colla
The Buzz | Remembering Sheila Colla
Celebrating Dr. Sheila Colla’s remarkable life together | Colla Conservation Science Lab
Celebrating Dr. Sheila Colla’s remarkable life together | Colla Conservation Science Lab
Remembering Sheila Colla - Wildlife Preservation Canada News and Events
Remembering Sheila Colla - Wildlife Preservation Canada News and Events
Bees for Sheila: a Silver Antelope Fundraiser
Bees for Sheila: a Silver Antelope Fundraiser

*featured links*

Plight of the Bumblebees
Plight of the Bumblebees
Assessing pathogen risk for wild bumblebees in Canada
Winners - NSERC Awards for Science Promotion - NSERC
Biodiversity and Insect Declines - BioAudio
Supporting Species at Risk Assessment and Reassessment—Environment and Climate Change Canada
Medicines to Help Us: Traditional Métis Plant Use
Medicines to Help Us: Traditional Métis Plant Use
Books — Lorraine Johnson
Books — Lorraine Johnson
Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario
Native bees are an important piece of the pie. Why aren’t we protecting them? | The Narwhal
Native bees are an important piece of the pie. Why aren’t we protecting them? | The Narwhal
Celebrating Indigenous Leadership | Carolinian Canada
York honours 68 outstanding faculty members at the annual Research Awards Celebration  - YFile
York honours 68 outstanding faculty members at the annual Research Awards Celebration  - YFile
Pollinators Are In Decline, Even In The National Park System
Pollinators Are In Decline, Even In The National Park System
www.sierraclub.org
June 22: The Quirks & Quarks Listener Question Show | CBC Radio
June 22: The Quirks & Quarks Listener Question Show | CBC Radio
Fecal sampling protocol to assess bumble bee health in conservation research | Journal of Pollination Ecology
Canadian Geographic | Wildlife Wednesday: The need for bees
Canadian Geographic | Wildlife Wednesday: The need for bees
Why I’m giving up beekeeping: Urban beekeeping is, paradoxically, bad for bees
Why I’m giving up beekeeping: Urban beekeeping is, paradoxically, bad for bees
PLOS ONE | Bumble Bee Watch community science program increases scientific understanding of an important pollinator group across Canada and the USA
PLOS ONE | Bumble Bee Watch community science program increases scientific understanding of an important pollinator group across Canada and the USA
Community science volunteers can set scientific world abuzz with new bumble bee sightings - News@York
Community science volunteers can set scientific world abuzz with new bumble bee sightings - News@York
PeerJ | Determining the plant-pollinator network in a culturally significant food and medicine garden in the Great Lakes region
PeerJ | Determining the plant-pollinator network in a culturally significant food and medicine garden in the Great Lakes region
WATCH Bea's Bees read by author Katherine Pryor
WATCH Bea's Bees read by author Katherine Pryor
We've been trying to save the wrong bees
We've been trying to save the wrong bees
Bumble Bee Watch | Tips for Photographing Bees
Scientists discover a bee’s surprising superpower after a science experiment gone awry
Scientists discover a bee’s surprising superpower after a science experiment gone awry

Ways to help

Share BUMBLE BEE SIGHTINGS here
Share BUMBLE BEE SIGHTINGS here
GROW HABITAT for native pollinators
GROW HABITAT for native pollinators
Advocate for A POLLINATOR PLAN
Advocate for A POLLINATOR PLAN

Books + publications by Dr. Colla

A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee
A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee
A Northern Gardener's Guide
A Northern Gardener's Guide
Bumble Bees of North America
Bumble Bees of North America
Bees of Toronto (pdf)
Bees of Toronto (pdf)
Pollinator Protection Strategy (pdf)
Pollinator Protection Strategy (pdf)

Interviews + articles

Black Lives Here: Dr. Sheila Colla, entomologist, professor and social justice champion, takes on cancer battle – Beach Metro Community News
Black Lives Here: Dr. Sheila Colla, entomologist, professor and social justice champion, takes on cancer battle – Beach Metro Community News
What On Earth | CBC Listen
What On Earth | CBC Listen
How Wet’suwet’en butterflies offer lessons in resilience and resistance | The Conversation
How Wet’suwet’en butterflies offer lessons in resilience and resistance | The Conversation
Give bees a chance | The Conversation
Give bees a chance | The Conversation

Art for pollinators

PRINTABLE POSTER: Bumble Bees of Southern Ontario
PRINTABLE POSTER: Bumble Bees of Southern Ontario
PRINTABLE POSTER: A Garden Patch for the Rusty Patched (pdf)
PRINTABLE POSTER: A Garden Patch for the Rusty Patched (pdf)

Learn about our lab + research

Visit Colla Conservation Science Lab online
Visit Colla Conservation Science Lab online
Centre for Bee Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation | York University
Centre for Bee Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation | York University
Finding Flowers
Finding Flowers

Conservation work we admire

Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership
North American Native Plant Society (NANPS)
Ontario Nature
Planting Guides - Canada | Pollinator.org
Planting Guides - Canada | Pollinator.org
Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
Wildlife Preservation Canada
Xerces.org Pollinator Resource Center
Learn about at-risk BUTTERFLIES

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