AUBURN — The next meeting of the Androscoggin Beekeepers Club will be held Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Edward Little High School. Club business will be conducted from 6:30 to 7 p.m. followed by the presentation “What Do Bees Want?”

The November speaker will be Assistant Professor of Biology and Ecology Dr. Alison Dibble of the University of Maine. Dibble is a conservation biologist who researches native bee diversity and ways in which pollinator habitats can be improved to meet their forage needs. 

Dibble will present highlights from a four-year Maine study of bee behavior on flowers. In field tests of more than 70 plant species, butterfly milkweed, willow, and some asters were visited at a much higher rate than other plants. Honey bees differed from bumble bees and sweat bees in their visitation patterns. These results will help farmers, beekeepers and home gardeners support pollinators more effectively.

Dibble’s presentation is open to the public.