https://bellatlas.umn.edu/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=24Minnesota Biodiversity Atlashttps://bellatlas.umn.edu/index.phpMinnesota Biodiversity Atlashttps://bellatlas.umn.edu/index.php2026-08-11engOperating from 2015-2020, the Minnesota Bee Atlas engaged citizen science volunteers with three different sampling methods to study the diversity and distribution of native bees. One of these methods, "bee blocks", also captured wasps, hover flies, and other insects so the dataset includes more than just bees. The data are comprised of observation records from Bee Atlas volunteers and specimen records from the University of Minnesota Bee Lab. Please contact Elaine Evans, Extension Educator and Bee Researcher at elainee@umn.edu, with questions. Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).Minnesota Bee Atlaselainee@umn.eduhttps://extension.umn.edu/natural-resources-volunteers/minnesota-bee-atlasElaine Evanselainee@umn.educontentProviderTo the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the 2026-08-11T14:02:21-05:00Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - 6b570096-e4e4-4d74-8b5b-55026fff93a6UTF-8Darwin Core Archivehttps://bellatlas.umn.edu/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=24UMN EXTMinnesota Bee Atlashttps://bellatlas.umn.edu:443/content/collicon/umn_ext.jpghttps://extension.umn.edu/natural-resources-volunteers/minnesota-bee-atlashttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/University of MinnesotaElaine Evanselainee@umn.edu<p>Operating from 2015-2020, the Minnesota Bee Atlas engaged citizen science volunteers with three different sampling methods to study the diversity and distribution of native bees. One of these methods, "bee blocks", also captured wasps, hover flies, and other insects so the dataset includes more than just bees. The data are comprised of observation records from Bee Atlas volunteers and specimen records from the University of Minnesota Bee Lab. Please contact Elaine Evans, Extension Educator and Bee Researcher at elainee@umn.edu, with questions. Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).</p>