Second Saturday Hike - The Dance of the Native Bees
Join us for our July Second Saturday Hike to learn more about the amazing array of native bees that directly benefit from our restoration work in the La Crosse Blufflands!
Time & Location
Jul 11, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Upper Hixon Forest Trailhead and Pump Tr, 709 County Rd FA, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA
About
Many of us are aware of honeybees. But did you know that honeybees are actually nonnative and that there are 400-500 native bees that live in Wisconsin? Most of these bees are small and inconspicuous, lead solitary lives, and nest in the ground. Despite their small size, however, they play a huge role in pollinating many of the plants that grow in our area, including on the remnant prairies that Friends of the Blufflands has been restoring.
On July 11th please join Friends of the Blufflands at 9:00 am for its monthly Second Saturday Hike. We will meet at the Upper Hixon parking lot next to the weather station on FA where Danielle Hudson, who studied bees as a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse, will lead a brief discussion about the biology and conservation of bees. We will then hike out to one of the nearby prairies,…