The call for a US national native bee monitoring program

Original Paper: Woodard, S.H., Federman, S., James, R.R., Danforth, B.N., Griswold, T.L., Inouye, D., McFrederick, Q.S., Morandin, L., Paul, D.L., Sellers, E., Strange, J.P., Vaughan, M., Williams, N.M., Branstetter, M.G., Burns, C.T., Cane, J., Cariveau, A.B., Cariveau, D.P., Childers, A., Childers, C., Cox-Foster, D.L., Evans, E.C., Graham, K.K., Hackett, K., Huntzinger, K.T., Irwin, R.E., Jha, S., Lawson, S., Liang, C., Lopez-Uribe, M.M., Melathopoulos, A., Moylett, H.M.C., Otto, C.R.V., Ponisio, L.C., Richardson, L.L., Rose, R., Singh, R., and W. Wehling. 2020. Toward a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees. Biological Conservation 252: 108821. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821 (pdf)

Response: Portman, Z.M., and V.J. Tepedino. 2021. Successful bee monitoring programs require sustained support of taxonomists and taxonomic research. Biological Conservation 256: 109080. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109080 (pdf)

Reponse: Tepedino, V.J., and Z.M. Portman. 2021. Intensive monitoring for bees in North America: indispensable or improvident? Insect Conservation and Diversity. doi.org/10.1111/icad.12509 (pdf)

Comparing bee community outcomes of various sampling methods

Hutchinson, L.A., Oliver, T.H., Breeze, T.D., O'Connor, R.S., Potts, S.G., Roberts, S.P.M., and M.P. Garratt. 2022. Inventorying and monitoring crop pollinating bees: Evaluating the effectiveness of common sampling methods. Insect Conservation and Diversity 15(3): 299-311. doi.org/10.1111/icad.12557 (pdf)

Kuhlman, M.P., Burrows, S., Mummey, D.L., Ramsey, P.W., and P.G. Kahn. 2021. Relative bee abundance varies by collection method and flowering richness: implications for understanding patterns in bee community data. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2(2): e12071. doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12071 (pdf)

Krahner, A., Schmidt, J., Maixner, M., Porten, M., and T. Schmitt. 2021. Evaluations of four different methods for assessing bee diversity as ecological indicators of agro-ecosystems. Ecological Indicators 125: 107573 doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107573 (pdf)

Leclercq, N., Marshall, L., Weekers, T., Anselmo, A., Benda, D., Bevk, D., Bogusch, P., Cejas, D., Drepper, B., Galloni, M., Gerard, M., Ghisbain, G., Hutchinson, L., Martinet, B., Michez, D., Molenberg, J.-M., Nikolic, P., Roberts, S., Smagghe, G., Straka, J., Vandamme, P., Wood, T.J., and N.J. Vereecken. 2022. A comparative analysis of crop pollinator survey methods along a large-scale climatic gradient. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 329: 107871. doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.107871 (pdf)

Pei, C.K., Hovick, T.J., Duquette, C.A., Limb, R.F., Harmon, J.P., and B.A. Geaumont. 2022. Two common bee-sampling methods reflect different assemblages of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) community in mixed-grass prairie systems and are dependent on surrounding floral resource availability. Insect Conservation and Diversity 26: 69-83. doi.org/10.1007/s10841-021-00362-3

Thompson, A., Frenzel, M., Schweiger, O., Musche, M., Groth, T., Roberts, S.P.M., Kuhlmann, M., and T.M. Knight. 2021. Pollinator sampling methods influence community patterns assessements by capturing species with different traits and at different abudnances. Ecological Indicators 132: 108284. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108284 (pdf)

Insights from UK efforts

Breeze, T.D., Bailey, A.P., Balcombe, K.G., Brereton, T., Comont, R., Edwards, M., Garratt, M.P., Harvey, M., Hawes, C., Isaac, N., Jitlal, M., Jones, C.M., Kunin, W.E., Lee, P., Morris, R.K.A., Musgrove, A., O'Connor, R.S., Peyton, J., Potts, S.G., Roberts, S.P.M., Roy, D.B., Roy, H.E., Tang, C.Q., Vanbergen, A.J., and C. Carvell. 2021. Pollinator monitoring more than pays for itself. Journal of Applied Ecology 58: 44-57. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13755 (pdf)

Creedy, T.J., Norman, H., Tang, C.Q., Chin, K.Q., Andujar, C., Arribas, P., O’Connor, R.S., Carvell, C., Notton, D.G., and Vogler, A.P. 2020. A validated workflow for rapid taxonomic assignment and monitoring of a national fauna of bees (Apiformes) using high throughput DNA barcoding. Molecular Ecology Resources 20(1): 40-53. doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13056 (pdf)

Hutchinson, L.A., Oliver, T.H., Breeze, T.D., Bailes, E.J., Brunjes, L., Campbell, A.J., Erhardt, A., de Groot, G.A., Foldesi, R., Garcia, D., Goulson, D., Hainaut, H., Hamback, P.A., Holzschuh, A., Jauker, F., Klatt, B.K., Klein, A.-M., Kleijn, D., Kovacs-Hostyanski, A., Krimmer, E., McKerchar, M., Minarro, M., Phillips, B.B., Potts, S.G., Pufal, G., Radzeviciute, R., Tscharntke, T., Vereecken, N.J., Westbury, D.B., Westphal, C., Wietzke, A., Woodcock, B.A., and M.P. Garratt. 2021. Using ecological and field survey data to establish a national list of the wild bee pollinators of crops. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 315: 107447. doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107447 (pdf)

O'Connor, R.S., Kunin, W.E., Garratt, M.P.D., Potts, S.G., Roy, H.E., Andrews, C., Jones, C.M., Peyton, J.M., Savage, J., Harvey, J. Harvey, M.C., Morris, R.K.A., Roberts, S.P.M., Wright, I., Vanbergen, A.J., and C. Carvell. 2019. Monitoring insect pollinators and flower visitation: the effectiveness and feasibility of different survey methods. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10(12): 2129-2140. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13292 (pdf)

Staley, J.T., Redhead, J.W., O'Connor, R.S., Jarvis, S.G., Siriwardena, G.M., Henderson, I.G., Botham, M.S., Carvell, C., Smart, S.M., Phillips, S., Jones, N., McCracken, M.E., Christelow, J., Howell, K., and R.F. Pywell. 2021. Designing a survey to monitor multi-scale impacts of agri-environment schemes on mobile taxa. Journal of Environmental Management 290: 112589. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112589 (pdf)

Community science and native bee monitoring

Garratt, M.P.D., Potts, S.G., Banks, G., Hawes, C., Breeze, T.D., O’Connor, R.S., and C. Carvell. 2019. Capacity and willingness of farmers and citizen scientists to monitor crop pollinators and pollination services. Global Ecology and Conservation 20: e00781. doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00781 (pdf)

MacPhail, V.J., Gibson, S.D., and S.R. Colla. 2020. Community science participants gain environmental awareness and contribute high quality data but improvements are needed: insights from Bumble Bee Watch. PeerJ 8: e9141 doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9141 (pdf)

Di Cecco, G.J., Barve, V., Belitz, M.W., Stucky, B.J., Guralnick R.P., and A.H. Hurlbert. 2021. Observing the observers: how participants contribute data to iNaturalist and implications for biodiversity science. BioScience 71(11): 1179-1188. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab093 (pdf)

Vereecken, N.J., Weekers, T., Marshall, L. D’Haeseleer, J., Cuypers, M., Vanormelingen, P., Pauly, A., Pasau, B., Leclercq, N., Tshibungu, A., Molenberg, J.-M., and S. De Greef. 2022. Five years of citizen science and standardized field surveys reveal a threatened urban Eden for wild bees in Brussels, Belgium. Insect Conservation and Diversity 14(6): 868-876. doi.org/10.1111/icad.12514 (pdf)

The costs and benefits of large scale native bee monitoring

LeBuhn, G., Droege, S., Connor, E.F., Gemmill-Herren, B., Potts, S.G., Minckley, R.L., Griswold, T., Jean, R., Kula, E., Roubik, D.W., Cane, J., Wright, K.W., Frankie, G., and F. Parker. 2013. Detecting insect pollinator declines on regional and global scales. Conservation Biology 27(1): 113-120. doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01962.x (pdf)

Tepedino, V.J., Durham, S., Cameron, S.A., and K. Goodell. 2015. Documenting bee decline or squandering scarce resources? Response to LeBuhn et al. Conservation Biology 29(1): 280-282. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12439 (pdf)

LeBuhn, G., Droege, S., Connor, E.F., Gemmill-Herren, B., Potts, S.G., Minckley, R.L., Griswold, T., Jean, R., Kula, E., Roubik, D.W., Cane, J., Wright, K.W., Frankie, G., and F. Parker. 2015. Evidence-based conservation: reply to Tepedino et al. Conservation Biology 29(1): 283-285. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12438 (pdf)

The value of long-term native bee monitoring

Meiners, J.M., Griswold, T.L., and O.M. Carril. 2019. Decades of native bee biodiversity surveys at Pinnacles National Park highlight the importance of monitoring natural areas over time. PLoS One 14(1): e0207566. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207566 (pdf)

Kazenel, M.R., Wright, K.W., Bettinelli, J., Griswold, T.L., Whitney, K.D., and J.A. Rudgers. 2020. Predicting changes in bee assemblages following state transitions at North American dryland ecotones. Scientific Reports 10: 708. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57553-2 (pdf)

Graham, K.K., Gibbs, J., Wilson, J., May, E., and R. Issacs. 2021. Resampling of wild bees across fifteen years reveals variable species declines and recoveries after extreme weather. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 317: 107470. doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107470 (pdf)

Kammerer, M., Goslee, S.C., Douglas, M.R., Tooker, J.F., and C.M. Grozinger. 2021. Wild bees as winners and losers: relative impacts of landscape composition, quality, and climate. Global Change Biology 27(6): 1250-1265. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15485 (pdf)

Turley, N., Joshi, N., Biddinger, D., and M. López-Uribe. 2022. Six years of wild bee monitoring shows dramatic seasonal shifts in biodiversity and species declines. Ecology and Evolution 12(8): e9190. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9190 (pdf)

Methodologies used for native bee monitoring

Gezon, Z.J., Wyman, E.S., Ascher, J.S., Inouye, D.W., and R.E. Irwin. 2015. The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6(9): 1044-1054. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12375 (pdf)

Portman, Z.M., Bruninga-Socolar, B., and D. Cariveau. 2020. The State of Bee Monitoring in the United States: A Call to Refocus Away From Bowl Traps and Towards More Effective Methods. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 113(5): 337-342. doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaa010 (pdf)

Montgomery, G.A., Belitz, M.W., Guralnick, R.P., and M.W. Tingley. 2021. Standards and best practices for monitoring and benchmarking insects. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:579193. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.579193 (pdf)

Packer, L., and G. Darla-West. 2021. Bees: How and Why to Sample Them. In: Measuring Arthropod Diversity, J. C. Santos and G. W. Fernandes (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53226-0_3 (pdf)

Briggs, E.L., Baranski, C., Münzer Schaetz O. Garrison, G., Collazo, J.A., and E. Youngsteadt. 2022. Estimating bee abundance: can mark-recapture methods validate common sampling protocols? Apidologie 53(1o). doi.org/10.1007/s13592-022-00919-4 (pdf)

Montero-Castaño, A., Koch, J.B.U., Lindsay, T.-T. T., Love, B., Mola, J.M., Newman, K., and J.M. Sharkey. 2022. Pursuing best practices for minimizing wild bee captures to support biological research. Conservation Science and Practice e12734. doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12734 (pdf)

Tronstad, L., Bell, C., and M. Crawford. 2022. Choosing collection methods and sample sizes for monitoring bees. Agricultural and Forest Entomology doi.org/10.1111/afe.12518 (pdf)