Bee Library Natural History Collections and Observation Projects

NPS-AGFO
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Contacts:
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Mohammad Al Mousa, Mohd.Al-Mousa@colostate.edu

CUIC-HTCH
Apple Bees of New York State
Contacts:
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Lab Manager: Maria van Dyke, mtv32@cornell.edu
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Professor - PI: Bryan Danforth, bnd1@cornell.edu

ASU-ASUHIC
ASU Hasbrouck Insect Collection - Bee Records
Contacts:
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Collection Manager: Sangmi Lee, SLEE281@ASU.EDU (ORCID #: 0000-0002-9636-8242)
BOLD

USDA-ARS-BBSL
Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory, USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research
Contacts:
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Terry Griswold, Terry.Griswold@ars.usda.gov (ORCID #: 0000-0003-3952-9393)

USDA-ARS-BBSL-1

CAS-ENT
California Academy of Sciences
Contacts:
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Collection Manager: Christopher Grinter, cgrinter@calacademy.org (ORCID #: 0000-0002-3769-1664)

CAS-CASTYPE
California Academy of Sciences - Type Collection
Contacts:
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Collection Manager: Chris Grinter, cgrinter@calacademy.org (ORCID #: 0000-0002-3769-1664)
CPSLO-PSEC
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Plant Sciences Entomology Collection
Contacts:
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Lecturer, Collections Manager: Ryan Perry, rkperry@calpoly.edu

USDA-ARS-BBSL-2

FFCLRP-RPSP
Coleção Entomológica Camargo
Contacts:
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Curador: Eduardo A. B. Almeida, eduardo@ffclrp.usp.br

USP-CEPANN
Coleção Entomológica Paulo Nogueira-Neto
Contacts:
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Curador: Isabel Alves dos Santos, isabelha@usp.br
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Curador: Vera Lucia Imperatriz Fonseca, vlifonse@ib.usp.br

AMNH-BEE
CAES-CAES
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Arthropod Collection
Contacts:
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Gale Ridge, Gale.Ridge@ct.gov
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Tracy Zarrillo, tracy.zarrillo@ct.gov

DBG-DBGA
Denver Botanic Gardens Collection of Arthropods
Contacts:
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Rick Levy, Richard.Levy@botanicgardens.org

UMNH-ENT
Entomology Collection at the Natural History Museum of Utah
Contacts:
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Collections Manager: Christy Bills, cbills@nhmu.utah.edu

UCB-EMEC
Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California Berkeley
Contacts:
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Collection Manager: Peter Oboyski, essig.museum@gmail.com (ORCID #: 0000-0001-8240-9106)
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Neil Tsutsui, ntsutsui@berkeley.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-1868-3941)

FMNH-Insects
Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Insect, Arachnid and Myriapod Collection
Contacts:
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Collection Manager: Maureen Turcatel, mturcatel@fieldmuseum.org
FSCA-FSCA
Florida State Collection of Arthropods
Contacts:
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Collection manager: Elijah Talamas, Elijah.Talamas@fdacs.gov (ORCID #: 0000-0002-1048-6345)

iNat
INBio-Insecta
Insecta of Costa Rica (INBio)
Contacts:
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Biodiversity Informatics Applications Developer: Manuel Vargas, mvargas@inbio.ac.cr
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Information Technology Manager: María Auxiliadora Mora, mmora@inbio.ac.cr
WRME
J. B. Wallis / R. E. Roughley Museum of Entomology
Contacts:
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Curator: Jason Gibbs, jason.gibbs@umanitoba.ca (ORCID #: 0000-0002-4945-5423)
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Technician: Wonhyo Lee, Wonhyo.Lee@umanitoba.ca
KNWR
MSM-DUCL
Maine State Museum - Brianne Du Clos
Contacts:
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Brianne Du Clos, brianne.duclos@gmail.com
MPEG-HHY
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Hymenoptera Collection
Contacts:
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Curator: Orlando Silveira, orlando@museu-goeldi.br

MCZ-ENT
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Contacts:
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Naomi Pierce, npierce@oeb.harvard.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0003-3366-1625)
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Collection Manager: Crystal Maier, cmaier@fas.harvard.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0001-6435-2775)

LACM-ENT
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Contacts:
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Curator: Brian Brown, bbrown@nhm.org (ORCID #: 0000-0001-6367-6057)
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Collection Manager: Giar-Ann Kung, gkung@nhm.org (ORCID #: 0000-0002-8099-6949)
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Collection Manager: Weiping Xie, wxie@nhm.org

NBM-ENT
New Brunswick Museum
Contacts:
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Assistant Curator, Zoology: Gregory Jongsma, greg.jongsma@nbm-mbn.ca
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Technician, Zoology: Gayathri Sreedharan, Gayathri.Sreedharan@nbm-mnb.ca

MWLR-NZAC
New Zealand Arthropod Collection
Contacts:
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Head Curator: Darren Ward, wardda@landcareresearch.co.nz (ORCID #: 0000-0002-4509-8553)
NCSU-ENT
North Carolina State University Insect Collection
Contacts:
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Bob Blinn, bblinn@ncsu.edu
OSUHAREC
Oregon State University Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contacts:
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Project PI & Researcher/Collections Manager: Skyler Burrows, skyler.burrows@gmail.com, 8018088351 (ORCID #: 0009-0005-3617-0209)

USDA-ARS-BBSL-3
PUCV
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso - Chilean Flower Visitors
Contacts:
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Database Specialist: Manuel Lopez-Aliste, lopezalistemanuel@gmail.com (ORCID #: 0000-0002-8791-8599)
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Principal Investigator: Francisco Fonturbel, francisco.fonturbel@pucv.cl (ORCID #: 0000-0001-8585-2816)
PUCV-ENTO
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso - Wild Bees of Chile
Contacts:
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Principal Investigator: Francisco Fonturbel, francisco.fonturbel@pucv.cl (ORCID #: 0000-0001-8585-2816)
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Database Specialist: Manuel Lopez-Aliste, lopezalistemanuel@gmail.com (ORCID #: 0000-0002-8791-8599)
PU-PERC
Purdue Entomological Research Collection - Indiana Bumble Bees
Contacts:
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Collections Manager: Chris Wirth, wirth3@purdue.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-6988-5340)
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Curator: Aaron Smith, smit3866@purdue.edu

UA-RLMC
RUAC_ENT
Rutgers University Entomological Museum
Contacts:
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Entomological Museum, entmuseum@sebs.rutgers.edu
Breland
Sabrie Breland Master's Research Collection
Contacts:
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Sabrie Breland, sabriejrb@gmail.com
SCFS-ENTO
Sagehen Creek Field Station (UC-Berkeley) – Insects
Contacts:
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Faerthen Felix, faerthen@gmail.com

SDNHM-SDC
San Diego County Bee Checklist
Contacts:
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PhD student: Jessica Mullins, jmullins@ucsd.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0001-7907-2370)
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Assistant Professor: James Hung, kenglou.hung@gmail.com (ORCID #: 0000-0002-1557-3958)

SDNHM-SDMC
San Diego Natural History Museum Entomology Department
Contacts:
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Collection Manager: Pamela Horsley, phorsley@sdnhm.org (ORCID #: 0000-0003-3362-2255)
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Curator: Michael Wall, mwall@sdnhm.org (ORCID #: 0000-0002-3796-0895)

NMNH-ENT

SEMO-SEMO
Southeast Missouri State University Invertebrate Museum
Contacts:
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Timothy M. Judd, tjudd@semo.edu
NTSC
Texas bee records from the literature
Contacts:
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Database Manager: Elinor Lichtenberg, 0000-0002-2729-4534

TTU-TTU-Z
Texas Tech University - Invertebrate Zoology
Contacts:
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Curator of Invertebrate Zoology: Jennifer C. Girón, Jennifer.Giron@ttu.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-0851-6883)
UCSB-Smith
BUZZ
The BUZZ: Engaging Community College Students in Native Bee Biodiversity Research
Contacts:
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Taxonomist & Database Manager: Jaime Pawelek, wildbeegardendesign@gmail.com (ORCID #: 0009-0008-1300-7443)
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Principle Investigator: Jeannie Chari, jeannie.chari@canyons.edu
UCSB-External
UAM-ENTO
University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection
Contacts:
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Curator: Derek Sikes, dssikes@alaska.edu
UAMObs-ENTO
University of Alaska Museum Insect Observations
Contacts:
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Curator: Derek Sikes, dssikes@alaska.edu

UA-UAIC
University of Arizona Insect Collection
Contacts:
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Curator: Wendy Moore, wmoore@email.arizona.edu

UCSB-IZC
University of California Santa Barbara Invertebrate Zoology Collection
Contacts:
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Director: Katja Seltmann, seltmann@ucsb.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0001-5354-6048)

UCM-UCMC
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collection
Contacts:
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Adrian Carper, adrian.l.carper@colorado.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-8657-3613)

KU-SEMC
University of Kansas Natural History Museum Entomology Division
Contacts:
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Michael Engel, msengel@ku.edu
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Victor Gonzalez-Betancourt, vhgonza@ku.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-4146-1634)

UMMZ-UMMZI
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Division of Insects
Contacts:
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L. Lacey Knowles, knowlesl@umich.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-6567-4853)

UNH-UNHC
University of New Hampshire, Donald S. Chandler Entomological Collection
Contacts:
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Istvan Miko, istvan.miko@gmail.com (ORCID #: 0000-0003-2938-9075)
USDA-ARS-BBSL

USGS PWRC-BIML
USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
Contacts:
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Sam Droege, sdroege@usgs.gov (ORCID #: 0000-0003-4393-0403)

VPI-VTEC
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Insect Collection
Contacts:
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Curator: Paul Marek, pmarek@vt.edu

USDA-ARS-BBSL-4
WJMC-WJMC
William Murphy Insect Collection
Contacts:
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Curator: William Murphy, murphybill1@hotmail.com
BISON-Xerces
YPM
Yale Peabody Museum - Entomology Division
Contacts:
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Head, Computer Systems Office: Larry Gall, lawrence.gall@yale.edu