An analysis of bee diversity and sampling methods in southwestern Michigan
Abstract
Bees are one of the planet’s most important pollinators and can
also serve as bioindicators of environmental health. Over the
past twelve years, Dr. Ann Fraser’s lab at Kalamazoo College
has been conducting bee population surveys at multiple sites in
southwestern Michigan using a variety of monitoring and
sampling techniques. I conducted an analysis using the lab’s
comprehensive database to analyze wild bee diversity in regard
to time, location, and sampling method.