Our speaker is Jane Lakes; she is a professional beekeeper and native bee enthusiast. She has worked in the field of urban beekeeping since 2019 and has recently expanded her interests into the wild world of native bees. She is currently a member of the Native Bee Society of British Columbia and is a student in the Master Melittollogist program with Oregon State University. She will highlight some of the adverse effects that honey bees can have on our wild bee populations, as well as some potentially positive ones. She will explore how we, as beekeepers, are natural allies for our at-risk native bee species, and will address the question: how can beekeepers become better stewards of our ecosystems?