Nectar is one of the most important resources used by bees. It has long been known that
some bees concentrate nectar externally with their mouthparts, including honey bees and …

We present a framework of resource characteristics critical to the design and assessment of
citizen science programs that monitor natural resources. To develop the framework we …

Biodiversity monitoring programs are the baseline of species abundancy studies, which in
case of introduced species are especially critical. Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 native …

Native bees provide essential pollination services in both natural and managed ecosystems.
However, declines in native bee species highlight the need for increased understanding of …

Pollinators provide ecosystem services that are threatened by the loss of wild and managed
bees. Citizen scientists can monitor bees to yield useful data that may guide conservation of …

Wildflower strip plantings in intensive agricultural systems have become a widespread tool
for promoting pollination services and biological conservation because of their use by wasps …

Monitoring individually marked birds' movements over the long term with the aid of third‐
party observers can be challenging for reasons including poor tag visibility, observer error …

Projects promoting bees in urban areas are initiated in cities around the world but evidence-
based conservation concepts at a city-wide scale are scarce. We developed a holistic …

Pollination Investigators is a citizen science program designed to quantify the pollination
service provided within home gardens. The goal of our initial study year was to develop and …

Abstract In Apr 2010, Anthophora abrupta (Say)(Hymenoptera: Apidae) was discovered
nesting in open bags of colloidal clay in Gainesville, Florida, USA, in an open-air shed …