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I found a really cool resource online that was created by Border Free Bees and the Environmental Youth Alliance (http://eya.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/common-pollinaotrs-of-bc-v40-2.pdf). It is a visual identification guide of common pollinators in BC. Unfortunately, it doesn’t contain any cited information, so it is non-academic. However, it does contain a lot of useful photos for identifying different pollinators, so I will keep it with me when I’m in the field.
A second resource I found, an academic, peer reviewed review, actually supported much of what was in the guidebook. It is a journal article titled Bees and Pollination in British Columbia written by Paul Van Westendorp and Doug McCutheon (https://journal.entsocbc.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/558/567). The authors are experts in the field and they provide a thorough review of bees and beekeeping in British Columbia. The paper also contains a complete bibliography and in-text citations. The journal’s editors ensure at least two reviewers per paper submitted making it an academic source of information (https://journal.entsocbc.ca/index.php/journal/about/editorialPolicies#peerReviewProcess).
