Surveys of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) community in and around solar installations

Jason Mazurowski; Spencer Hardy

doi:10.15468/y3y1nb

Surveys of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) community in and around solar installations

Citation

Mazurowski J, Hardy S (2024). Surveys of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) community in and around solar installations. Version 1.10. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/y3y1nb accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-30.

Description

Bees collected with bee bowls in conjunction with a study of pollinator-friendly solar installations in Vermont. 2019 & 2020 surveys were part of pilot study to develop sampling protocols at solar sites. Surveys continued in 2021 at some, but not all of the pilot sites. 2021 Surveys were conducted at pollinator-friendly solar fields and at corresponding conventional solar fields to be used as reference sites. Some sites were in their "native state" as construction had not yet begun, while others were completed and seeded with pollinator-friendly native perennials. Each solar site was given the same site prep treatment, and seeded with the same pollinator mix developed by Bee the Change.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

2019 & 2020 surveys were part of pilot study to develop sampling protocols at solar sites. Surveys continued in 2021 as some, but not all of the pilot sites. 2021 Surveys were conducted at pollinator-friendly solar fields and at corresponding conventional solar fields to be used as reference sites.

Sampling

All surveys were conducted using the pan trap method, with transects placed adjacent to the solar facility, outside of the fence line. Each transect consisted of 15 bowls: 5 white, 5 blue, 5 red. Bowls were spaced ~5 meters from each other in an alternating pattern and collected 24 hours later

Quality Control

Determinations by Spencer Hardy, Sam Droege, Michael Veit, and Joan Milam

Method steps

15 (5 each white, blue, yellow) bee bowls were deployed at each site for ~24 hours.

Additional info

Incomplete data from 2019 originally published, complete data from 2019-2021 added, with some formatting changes om 5/16/2022. A few identifications still outstanding.

Taxonomic Coverages

Bees

Apoidea
rank: superfamily

Geographic Coverages

Vermont

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jason Mazurowski
originator
position: Project Coordinator
University of Vermont
Vermont
US
email: Jason.Mazurowski@uvm.edu
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jason_Mazurowski

Spencer Hardy
originator
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Burlington
VT
US
email: shardy@vtecostudies.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271

Jason Mazurowski
metadata author
position: Project Coordinator
University of Vermont
Vermont
US
email: Jason.Mazurowski@uvm.edu
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jason_Mazurowski

Jason Mazurowski
administrative point of contact
position: Project Coordinator
University of Vermont
Vermont
US
email: Jason.Mazurowski@uvm.edu
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jason_Mazurowski

Spencer Hardy
administrative point of contact
position: Project Coordinator
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Norwich
05055
VT
US
email: shardy@vtecostudies.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271