#CommunityScience volunteers can set scientific world abuzz with new #BumbleBee sightings
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-community-science-volunteers-scientific-world.html paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0303335
"Through the growing #BumbleBeeWatch program, #CommunityScientists have been the eyes on the ground for bee researchers. The #volunteers have taken photos of #BumbleBees and upload them through the BBW website along with where they were spotted and plant information if known. #Bee taxon experts verify the species of bee."
Community science volunteers can set scientific world abuzz with new bumble bee sightings
Community science volunteers—laypeople with an interest in bees and conservation—significantly contribute to the scientific knowledge of native bumble bees across Canada and the United States, finds a new study by York University.
