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Minnesota Bee Atlas (UMN EXT)

The Minnesota Bee Atlas project engaged citizen science volunteers with three different sampling methods to study the diversity and distribution of native bees. Records are available from 2013-2019. 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).

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Minnesota Bee Atlas. Occurrence dataset (ID: 4ec88921-2daf-417d-8ad8-f99f55a91a5c) accessed via the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Portal, bellatlas.umn.edu, 2026-11-14).

Collection Statistics

  • 24,890 specimen records
  • 24,890 (100%) georeferenced
  • 19 families
  • 16 genera
  • 50 species

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Collection Type: Observations
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Modified: 30 June 2020
Global Unique Identifier: 4ec88921-2daf-417d-8ad8-f99f55a91a5c
Digital Metadata: EML File
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Rights Holder: University of Minnesota
Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to University of Minnesota collections policy. Questions may be directed to Britt Forsberg