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An Annotated Checklist of the Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Vermont with Conservation Status and Natural History Notes

Hardy, Spencer P. ; Veit, Michael ; Milam, Joan ; Ascher, John S. ; Sharp, Nathaniel ; Hallworth, Michael T. ; Ferguson, Mark ; Richardson, Leif ; Nicholson, Charlie LU orcid and Ricketts, Taylor H. , et al. (2025) In Northeastern Naturalist 32(mo27). p.1-73
Abstract

This is the first comprehensive checklist and conservation assessment of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) fauna of the State of Vermont. This checklist of 351 species (plus 1 morphospecies) is based on 79,206 open-access data records available from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), nearly all (98%) of which were identified by an author or trusted collaborator, including 100% of the 24,270 research-grade observations from the community science platform iNaturalist. Through fieldwork and digitization of museum collections, we documented 9 species previously unreported from New England and as many as 24 novel host-parasite relationships. Overall, Vermont shares much of the bee fauna of neighboring states, with a notable... (More)

This is the first comprehensive checklist and conservation assessment of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) fauna of the State of Vermont. This checklist of 351 species (plus 1 morphospecies) is based on 79,206 open-access data records available from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), nearly all (98%) of which were identified by an author or trusted collaborator, including 100% of the 24,270 research-grade observations from the community science platform iNaturalist. Through fieldwork and digitization of museum collections, we documented 9 species previously unreported from New England and as many as 24 novel host-parasite relationships. Overall, Vermont shares much of the bee fauna of neighboring states, with a notable contingent of northern and western species not regularly found elsewhere in New England or New York. Conservation rankings indicate that as many as 60% of the bee species in the state are vulnerable (S3 or lower). Detailed species accounts are provided as supplementary material, which cover the phenology, state-wide distribution, conservation status, and floral preferences of Vermont's bee fauna.

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mo27
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Humboldt Field Research Institute
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10.1656/045.032.m2701
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  author       = {{Hardy, Spencer P. and Veit, Michael and Milam, Joan and Ascher, John S. and Sharp, Nathaniel and Hallworth, Michael T. and Ferguson, Mark and Richardson, Leif and Nicholson, Charlie and Ricketts, Taylor H. and Gibbs, Jason and Mcfarland, Kent P.}},
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  series       = {{Northeastern Naturalist}},
  title        = {{An Annotated Checklist of the Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Vermont with Conservation Status and Natural History Notes}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1656/045.032.m2701}},
  doi          = {{10.1656/045.032.m2701}},
  volume       = {{32}},
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