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: 25 April 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
- 1,838 specimen records
- 59 (3%) georeferenced
- 83 (5%) with images (429 total images)
- 1,590 (87%) identified to species
- 6 families
- 121 genera
- 1,529 species
- 1,529 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
