SPRING-BLOOMING FRUIT CROPS ARE THREATENED BY INSUFFICIENT POLLINATION. RECENT RESEARCH HAS DOCUMENTED YIELD LIMITATIONS FOR APPLE, CHERRY, AND BLUEBERRY CROPS ACROSS THE USA AND INDICATED THAT ENHANCED WILD POLLINATOR POPULATIONS WOULD BENEFIT THESE FRUIT CROPS. TO ASSURE SUSTAINABLE POLLINATION, GROWERS NEED TO KNOW WHICH WILD BEE SPECIES POLLINATE SPRING-BLOOMING FRUIT AND WHICH POLLEN RESOURCES SUPPORT BEE POPULATIONS. YET, CURRENT GUIDELINES FOR POLLINATOR RESTORATIONS RECOMMEND PLANTING SUMMER-BLOOMING FLOWERS IN MEADOW-LIKE HABITATS. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS DO NOT SUPPORT THE SPRING-FLYING, FOREST-ASSOCIATED BEE SPECIES THAT ARE RECOGNIZED AS IMPORTANT FRUIT CROP POLLINATORS. FURTHERMORE, BEE SPECIES THAT ARE ACTIVE IN EARLY SPRING ARE THE MOST IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SPRING FRUIT CROP POLLINATORS HAS NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED. THUS, I PROPOSE TO SUPPORT FRUIT GROWERS BY 1) IDENTIFYING WHICH HERBACEOUS PLANTS, SHRUBS, AND TREES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR WILD BEE POLLINATORS OF SPRING-BLOOMING CROPS, AND 2) EVALUATING THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TREE BLOOM ABUNDANCE AND POLLEN NUTRITIONAL CONTENT. TO DETERMINE WHAT BEES FORAGE ON, I WILL COLLECT BEES IN WOODLANDS ACROSS THE EASTERN USA AND EXAMINE THE POLLEN ON THEIR BODIES AND WITHIN THEIR NESTS. I WILL THEN USE POLLEN DNA ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY WHAT PLANT SPECIES BEES WERE FORAGING ON. TO EVALUATE HOW CLIMATE CHANGE MAY IMPACT TREES VALUE FOR BEES, I WILL GROW APPLE TREES AND RED MAPLES IN WARMING CLIMATE SCENARIOS AND ANALYZE THESE EXPERIMENTAL TREES' POLLEN NUTRITIONAL PROFILES. I WILL USE THESE RESULTS TO DEVELOP THE FIRST POLLINATOR MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK TARGETED FOR SPRING-BLOOMING FRUIT CROPS. IN THIS HANDBOOK, I WILL CREATE GUIDELINES FOR MANAGING SPRING FRUIT AND FOREST BEES. I WILL ALSO MEET WITH GROWERS, RESEARCHERS, AND LANDOWNERS AT EXTENSION EVENTS TO DISCUSS HOW THEY CAN APPLY MY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THEIR UNIQUE LAND MANAGEMENT CONTEXT. MY WORK IS CRITICAL FOR THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF SPRING FRUIT PRODUCTION AND FOR THE CONSERVATION OF OUR REGIONAL WILD BEE POPULATIONS.