Bee Library
An online resource connecting images, specimen records, and natural history information about bees.
USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab (USGS PWRC-BIML)
This collection is a snapshot of an external collection database where only the Bee (Apoidea:Anthophila) records are included.
Contacts: Sam Droege, sdroege@usgs.gov (ORCID #: 0000-0003-4393-0403)
Original Data Source: https://ipt.gbif.us/resource?r=usgs-pwrc-biml
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 6 October 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
- 461,334 specimen records
- 435,864 (94%) georeferenced
- 422,350 (92%) identified to species
- 8 families
- 103 genera
- 1,229 species
- 1,256 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
