Description
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 573 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Holm M, Houle M, Salem M (2025). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Great Lakes Native Bee Survey. Version 1.0. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.us/resource?r=usfws_glri&v=1.0
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is United States Fish and Wildlife Service. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 13384d38-38ab-49c2-8968-f15f4e70193e. United States Fish and Wildlife Service publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Insects; Pollinator Species; Community Structure; Species Distribution
Contacts
- Point Of Contact
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
- Point Of Contact
- Wildlife Biologist, Great Lakes Pollinator Coordinator
- 2651 Coolidge Road, Suite 101
- 517-599-3156
- User
Geographic Coverage
Great Lakes Basin Watershed within the United States.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [40.447, -93.735], North East [48.225, -75.278] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
All bee specimens were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible. Most specimens are identified to species or genus.
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Hymenoptera |
| Family | Halictidae, Andrenidae, Colletidae, Melittidae, Megachilidae, Apidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2020-06-17 / 2025-10-20 |
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Project Data
Native insect pollinators are important components of ecosystems, acting as keystone species, providing ecosystem resilience and economically important ecosystem services. Ninety percent of the world’s flowering plants depend on insect pollination for reproduction (Burd and Kopec 2017). However, significant population decline has occurred across the entire class Insecta worldwide (Sánchez-Bayo et al. 2019). Forty percent of the world’s invertebrate pollinators are at risk of extinction, most of which are bees and butterflies (IPBES 2016). Several pollinator species have demonstrated significant population and distribution declines across the U.S., including within the Great Lakes Basin. Critically, some species are now facing extinction, such as Poweshiek skipperling, Mitchell’s satyr butterfly, and rusty-patched bumble bee, which are federally listed as Endangered. Other once-common species are now being considered for potential protection under the Endangered Species Act, such as monarch butterfly and American bumble bee, species that could be representative of declines in other pollinators in the region. This decline in native pollinators presents a risk to biological communities, ecosystems, crop production, and has implications for human wellness (Eilers et al. 2011). In recognition of the significance of pollinators, the Great Lakes Pollinator Task Force (PTF) was established in 2018. The PTF will scale down national level efforts to conserve pollinators at the Great Lakes Basin level. This interagency, collaborative task force will use an overarching approach to pollinator conservation across the basin that is supported with Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding and is leveraged with expertise and funding from partners and stakeholders. The PTF is currently comprised of representatives of U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. National Forest (USFS), National Park Service (NPS), Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The PTF envisions the Great Lakes Basin landscape supporting self-sustaining populations of native insect bees and their associated and interconnected, diverse habitats. In this vision, both the bees and their habitats are resilient to changing environmental conditions and continue to provide critical ecological services, aesthetic value, and integrity to ecosystems. Through the Great Lakes Pollinator Conservation Strategy, the PTF seek to increase pollinator community resiliency, reduce or eliminate the future need to list native insect pollinator species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), restore diverse interconnected pollinator habitat, and increase awareness and knowledge of Great Lakes native pollinator conservation issues and collaborative efforts. The Task Force aims to catalyze native bee conservation by coordinating and funding actions that efficiently maximize native bee abundance, distribution, diversity and resilience within the Great Lakes basin.
| Title | USFWS Great Lakes Native Bee Survey |
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| Identifier | glri_ptf_bees |
| Funding | Great Lakes Restoration Initiative |
| Study Area Description | Public lands, including National Wildlife Refuges and Waterfowl Production Areas in the Great Lakes Basin and in the Midwest Region of the USFWS. Study area sites include Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, Malan Waterfowl Production Area, Schlee Waterfowl Production Area, Kinney Waterfowl Production Area, Edger Waterfowl Production Area, Schoonover Waterfowl Production Area and Callahan Park; a city park in Detroit, Michigan. |
| Design Description | See: Holm ML. 2024. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Pollinator Bee Survey Protocol. https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/163982 |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
See: Holm ML. 2024. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Pollinator Bee Survey Protocol. https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/163982
| Study Extent | See: Holm ML. 2024. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Pollinator Bee Survey Protocol. https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/163982 |
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| Quality Control | Data quality control during data transfer from field data sheets to digital excel spreadsheet - manual checking of accuracy of data prior to entering in digital database. Data quality control associated with processing specimens at external laboratories processing specimens. Species-level identifications validated by appropriate taxonomic experts. |
Method step description:
- Specimens collected in field sampling locations, associated event data captured on field data collection sheets. Data from field data collection sheets transferred to digital database. Specimens sent to identification laboratories where species-level ID is validated by taxonomic experts. Data QA/QC and converted to DarwinCore format prior to upload into GBIF.
Bibliographic Citations
- Holm ML. 2024. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Pollinator Bee Survey Protocol. https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/163982
Additional Metadata
| Acknowledgements | Funding for the Great Lakes native bee surveys was provided by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, through the Environmental Protection Agency. GLRI Funding was distributed to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Great Lakes Pollinator Task Force. Key contributors in bee specimen identification include the Joint USGS/USFWS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab (BIML) and University of Minnesota Cariveau Bee Lab. |
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| Introduction | Native insect pollinators are important components of ecosystems, acting as keystone species, providing ecosystem resilience and economically important ecosystem services. Ninety percent of the world’s flowering plants depend on insect pollination for reproduction (Burd and Kopec 2017). However, significant population decline has occurred across the entire class Insecta worldwide (Sánchez-Bayo et al. 2019). Forty percent of the world’s invertebrate pollinators are at risk of extinction, most of which are bees and butterflies (IPBES 2016). Several pollinator species have demonstrated significant population and distribution declines across the U.S., including within the Great Lakes Basin. Critically, some species are now facing extinction, such as Poweshiek skipperling, Mitchell’s satyr butterfly, and rusty-patched bumble bee, which are federally listed as Endangered. Other once-common species are now being considered for potential protection under the Endangered Species Act, such as monarch butterfly and American bumble bee, species that could be representative of declines in other pollinators in the region. This decline in native pollinators presents a risk to biological communities, ecosystems, crop production, and has implications for human wellness (Eilers et al. 2011). In recognition of the significance of pollinators, the Great Lakes Pollinator Task Force (PTF) was established in 2018. The PTF will scale down national level efforts to conserve pollinators at the Great Lakes Basin level. This interagency, collaborative task force will use an overarching approach to pollinator conservation across the basin that is supported with Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding and is leveraged with expertise and funding from partners and stakeholders. The PTF is currently comprised of representatives of U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. National Forest (USFS), National Park Service (NPS), Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The PTF envisions the Great Lakes Basin landscape supporting self-sustaining populations of native insect bees and their associated and interconnected, diverse habitats. In this vision, both the bees and their habitats are resilient to changing environmental conditions and continue to provide critical ecological services, aesthetic value, and integrity to ecosystems. Through the Great Lakes Pollinator Conservation Strategy, the PTF seek to increase pollinator community resiliency, reduce or eliminate the future need to list native insect pollinator species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), restore diverse interconnected pollinator habitat, and increase awareness and knowledge of Great Lakes native pollinator conservation issues and collaborative efforts. The Task Force aims to catalyze native bee conservation by coordinating and funding actions that efficiently maximize native bee abundance, distribution, diversity and resilience within the Great Lakes basin. |
| Getting Started | Data is downloadable in .csv file format using the Darwin Core data standard. |
| Purpose | The purpose of this dataset is to establish a more comprehensive understanding of native bee species richness on public lands in the Great Lakes Basin via interagency collaborative surveys. Survey data will inform management decisions that provide habitat for native bees or reduce invasive species proliferation and provide baseline inventory and the ability to monitor species long-term. |
| Maintenance Description | We try to update this annually. |
| Alternative Identifiers | 13384d38-38ab-49c2-8968-f15f4e70193e |
| https://ipt.gbif.us/resource?r=usfws_glri_bees |