Surveys of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) community in northern hardwood forest and wildlife clearings using pan traps

Spencer Hardy; Tim Duclos; Michael Veit; Joan Milam

doi:10.15468/yajx8a

Surveys of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) community in northern hardwood forest and wildlife clearings using pan traps

Citation

Hardy S, Duclos T, Veit M, Milam J (2023). Surveys of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) community in northern hardwood forest and wildlife clearings using pan traps. Version 1.4. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yajx8a accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-25.

Description

Two year study of bees in wildlife clearing and adjacent Mesic Red Oak Northern Hardwood Forests of the Merck Forest and Farmland Center. Bee bowls were deployed at 15 sites in early May of 2020 and 2021. Sites were either at the edge of wildlife clearings or at predetermined distances from these clearings within the Mesic Red Oak Northern Hardwood Forest natural community.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

All sampling occurred within, or adjacent to, Mesic Red Oak Northern Hardwood Forests at Merck Forest and Farmland Center. All sampling was done in May, before spring leaf out (canopy closure).

Sampling

14 sites were surveyed once in 2020 and once 2021. Surveys consisted of 15 bee bowls (5 yellow, 5 white, 5 blue) that were deployed for 24 hours on a warm and clear day.

Quality Control

All determinations were done by Spencer Hardy, Joan Milam, and Michael Veit

Method steps

Survey locations were pre-determined using QGIS and a natural community map of Merck Forest and Farmland Center. Three sites were placed on the edge of wildlife clearings, 3 at 75 meters from these clearings, 4 at 150 meters, and 4 at >300 meters within the forest.

Taxonomic Coverages

Bees

Anthophila
common name: Bees

Geographic Coverages

Merck Forest & Farmland Center, Vermont, USA

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Spencer Hardy
originator
position: Project Coordinator
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271

Tim Duclos
originator
position: Ecologist and Conservation Manager
Merck Forest & Farmland Center
email: tim@merckforest.org

Michael Veit
originator
position: Biologist
Unaffiliated
Massachusetts
US

Joan Milam
originator
position: Adjunct Research Fellow
University of Massachusetts,
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8056-1304

Spencer Hardy
metadata author
position: Project Coordinator
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271

Spencer Hardy
principal investigator
position: Project Coordinator
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271

Spencer Hardy
administrative point of contact
position: Project Coordinator
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271