Solitary Bee Art Contest Winners | Friends of the Dunes

Thank you to all that participated in the Solitary Bee Art Contest! We had a blast looking at all the submissions, and continue to be impressed with the amount of time and creativity that went into the artwork.

To claim prizes for 1st and 2nd place, please follow the instructions sent to the email you provided when submitting your artwork.

Pre K - Kindergarten Winners

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2nd Place: Sondre Ennis TK

"Anthidium palliventre only live on sand dunes and their long hairs allow them to dig in sand."

1st Place: Avery Skehen TK

"This is a Silver Bee flying to a figwort flower. Silver Bees like figwort flowers. They dig and they lay only one egg."

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1st - 3rd Grade Winners

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2nd Place: Phoebe Rogers 2nd grade

"This blue orchard bee is shy."

1st Place: Ayla Dunn 2nd Grade

"Lasioglossum pavonotum is polylectic. This means it collects pollen from a variety of unrelated plants."

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4th-6th Grade Winners

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2nd Place: Jadyn Dunn 4th Grade

"Lassioglossum pavonatum nest in walls of sand."

First Place: Belysia Sanchez 6th Grade

"Solitary bees do not live in colonies, produce honey, or have a queen."

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Adult Winners

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2nd Place: Mary Ellen Stuart Age 69

"Solitary Bees have no colony or hive and no stored resources. They live in nests made by the female. The bee pictured is a wool carder bee. The female of this species gathers beach buckwheat hair to make her nest."

1st Place: Veronica Pedraza Age 24

"Magachile wheeleri

Asteraceae"

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Honorary Mentions

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Ember Freedlund Age 2.jpg

Skye Brian Age 3 JPG.jpg

Gideon Beaudry Kindergarten.jpg

Owen Rogers Transitional Kindergarten.jpg

Reece Merideth-Sutke Kindergarten

Avery Green, Kindergarten.jpg

Allie Green, Kindergarten.jpg

Eliska Crowell 4th grade.jpg

Morgan Hanssen 4th Grade.jpg

Violet Garza 4th Grade.jpeg

Bhima Richards 5th Grade .jpg

Berba Queeners 1st Grade.JPG

Lucian McCaffrey 1st Grade.jpg

Sheila Checots age 26.jpg

Ryan age 28.jpg

Solitary Bee Art Contest