The bee lab

First posted June 6, 2023 For additional information, contact: Eastern Ecological Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey12100 Beech Forest RoadLaurel, Maryland 20708Species We Study: PollinatorsContact Pubs Warehouse The U.S. Survey (USGS) Bee Lab is a collaborative interagency joint venture and international leader for bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) identification, survey design, quantification of plant interrelations, development maintenance occurrence databases. Each these objectives supports native conservation by providing critical data tools the United States other countries. part USGS Center (EESC) located in Laurel, Maryland, at Fish Wildlife Service (USFWS) Patuxent Research Refuge. laboratory houses scientists from EESC, USGS’s Cooperative Units, USFWS to develop identification design support State, Federal, Tribal, nongovernment organization partners. In addition tools, important include developing keys nonnative species making those accessible partners public. Among most visible reused products produced during are detailed photographs bees themselves. Accurate allows better monitoring examination environmental factors that may influence their populations.