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

Jason Mazurowski1, Spencer Hardy2

1 University of Vermont, , United States; 2 Vermont Center for Ecostudies, Burlington, United States

Corresponding author(s): Jason Mazurowski (Jason.Mazurowski@uvm.edu)Spencer Hardy (shardy@vtecostudies.org)

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Resource Citation

Mazurowski J, Hardy S (2024). Surveys of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) community in and around solar installations. Version 1.9. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=uvmsolar&v=1.9

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Samplingevent, Samplingevent

General description

Additional information: 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.

Project details

Project title: UVM Pollinator-friendly Solar Installations
Personnel: Jason Mazurowski
Funding: Funding provided by the Lintilhac Foundation and the Gund Institute for Environment.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Vermont

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=uvmsolar

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Bees
Taxonomic ranks
Superfamily: Apoidea

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Vermont
Coordinates: 43°25'44.4''N and 45°4'26.4''N Latitude; 73°23'20.4''W and 71°30'36''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: April 1, 2019 - November 1, 2021

Natural collections description

Collection name: Universtiy of Vermont - Gund Institute
Specimen preservation method: Pinned

Methods

Method step description: 15 (5 each white, blue, yellow) bee bowls were deployed at each site for ~24 hours.
Study extent description: 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 description: 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 description: Determinations by Spencer Hardy, Sam Droege, Michael Veit, and Joan Milam

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Surveys of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) community in and around solar installations
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/archive.do?r=uvmsolar
Publication date of data: 2024-04-03
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-02-18
Hierarchy level: Dataset