Oregon Bee Atlas Survey Data: 2018

Lincoln Best; Colby Feuerborn; Jennifer Holt; Sarah Kincaid; Christopher Marshall; Andony Melathopoulos

doi:10.15468/dmyc73

Oregon Bee Atlas Survey Data: 2018

Citation

Best L, Feuerborn C, Holt J, Kincaid S, Marshall C, Melathopoulos A (2021). Oregon Bee Atlas Survey Data: 2018. Version 1.5. Oregon State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dmyc73 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-11.

Description

These data are the observational data from the 2018 Oregon Bee Atlas native bee surveys. All of the records represent specimens caught in the field, pinned, labelled, and identified by experts. Voucher specimens were deposited in the Oregon State Arthropod Collection for all nominative taxa sampled from as many locations as feasible.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Bees were sampled throughout Oregon. The aim of this survey is to obtain faunistic absence/presence data, not abundance. The vast majority of specimens were collected by citizen scientist with training in how to survey bees and obtain research grade observational data for the records.

Sampling

Most bees were sampled using aerial nets, although pan traps were occasionally used; this is recorded in the data set.

Quality Control

All observations were confirmed with physical specimens, identified in laboratory settings by expert taxonomists. Georeferencing data was examined at multiple stages to ensure records are accurate.

Method steps

none to report

Taxonomic Coverages

Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

Hymenoptera
common name: bees & wasps rank: order
Apoidea
common name: bees rank: suborder
Apidae
rank: family
Megachilidae
rank: family
Halictidae
rank: family
Andrenidae
rank: family
Colletidae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

North America, Pacific Northwest, Oregon

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Lincoln Best
originator
position: Research Associate
Oregon State University, Dept. Horticulture
Corvallis
97331
OR
US
email: lincoln.best@oregonstate.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2379-6833

Colby Feuerborn
originator
position: Student Researcher
Oregon State University, Dept. Horticulture
Corvallis
97331
OR
US
email: colby.feuerborn@oregonstate.edu

Jennifer Holt
originator
position: Research Associate
Oregon State University, Dept. Horticulture
Corvallis
97331
Oregon
US
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2353-2627

Sarah Kincaid
originator
position: Research Associate
Oregon State University, Dept. Horticulture
Corvallis
97331
OR
US
email: sarah.kincaid@oregonstate.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9373-940X

Christopher Marshall
originator
position: Research Associate
Oregon State University
3029 Cordley Hall, Dept. Integrative Biology
Corvallis
97330
Oregon
US
Telephone: 5416023593
email: marshach@oregonstate.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8867-4867

Andony Melathopoulos
originator
position: Lead PI
Oregon State University, Dept. Horticulture
4017 Agricultural and Life Science Building
Corvallis
97331
OR
US
email: andony.melathopolous@oregonstate.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8763-2737

Christopher Marshall
metadata author
position: Curator
Oregon State Arthropod Collection
Dept Integrative Biology, 3029 Cordley Hall
Corvallis
97331
OR
US
Telephone: 5417374349
email: marshach@oregonstate.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8867-4867

Lincoln Best
administrative point of contact
position: Research Associate
Oregon State University, Dept. Horticulture
Corvallis
97330
OR
US
email: lincoln.best@oregonstate.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2379-6833

Christopher Marshall
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Oregon State Arthropod Collection
Dept Integrative Biology, 3029 Cordley Hall
Corvallis
97331
OR
US
Telephone: 5417374349
email: marshach@oregonstate.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8867-4867