Bee Library
An online resource connecting images, specimen records, and natural history information about bees.
California Academy of Sciences - Type Collection (CAS-CASTYPE)
This collection contains the bee type specimens housed at the California Academy of Sciences.
Collection Manager: Chris Grinter, cgrinter@calacademy.org (ORCID #: 0000-0002-3769-1664)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 24 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
- 1,839 specimen records
- 61 (3%) georeferenced
- 87 (5%) with images (450 total images)
- 1,586 (86%) identified to species
- 6 families
- 121 genera
- 1,525 species
- 1,525 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
