2014 MPG Ranch Bee Monitoring Update | MPG Ranch

2014 MPG Ranch Bee Monitoring Update

January 20, 2015

Marirose Kuhlman shares an update on a multi-year effort to collect baseline data on native and invasive bees.

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This update documents a multi-year project to collect baseline data on native bees.

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Bees require suitable floral communities and species-specific nesting substrates for survival and reproduction. Unlike other pollinating insect taxa such as butterflies and hoverflies, bees provision a nest with pollen

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Magenta dots on this map of MPG Ranch indicate locations of intensive monitoring points.

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Bowl Trap Methods

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Significance of MPG Bee Monitoring

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Green Metallic Sweat Bees (Agapostemon) show the highest abundance in heavily disturbed areas in 2013

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MPG Ranch Bee Families and Genera

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