Bee Library
An online resource connecting images, specimen records, and natural history information about bees.
The BUZZ: Engaging Community College Students in Native Bee Biodiversity Research (BUZZ)
This collection of native bee specimens (Apoidea) are from all over the state of California in the US, collected from a variety of community college campuses and surrounding wild areas. Specimens are pinned and stored in Schmitt boxes or Cal Academy drawers.
Taxonomist & Database Manager: Jaime Pawelek, wildbeegardendesign@gmail.com (ORCID #: 0009-0008-1300-7443)
Principle Investigator: Jeannie Chari, jeannie.chari@canyons.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: b8e53987-0840-4f38-a759-bbddc4496ac1
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Rights Holder: Public Domain
Collection Statistics
- 852 specimen records
- 852 (100%) georeferenced
- 170 (20%) identified to species
- 10 families
- 42 genera
- 17 species
- 20 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
