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Zach Portman

Further reflections on bee monitoring: The debate over lethal sampling

It’s now been over two years since I published my original paper on the state of bee monitoring and over one year since I posted previous…

Nov 2, 2023

Further reflections on bee monitoring: The debate over lethal sampling

Nov 2, 2023

Zach Portman

Trees for bees

The underappreciated way to help pollinators in your yard

Jun 7, 2023

Trees for bees

Jun 7, 2023

Zach Portman

Documenting plagiarism in a bee taxonomy paper

And what happened when I alerted the journal

Mar 21, 2023

Documenting plagiarism in a bee taxonomy paper

Mar 21, 2023

Zach Portman

Documenting serious issues in a bee paper on “No Mow May”

And what happened when I alerted the journal

Oct 5, 2022

Documenting serious issues in a bee paper on “No Mow May”

Oct 5, 2022

Zach Portman

Reflections on the state of bee monitoring

Looking back two years after the publication of “The state of bee monitoring in the United States”

Jul 7, 2022

Reflections on the state of bee monitoring

Jul 7, 2022

Zach Portman

My recent adventures with tick-borne disease

Lyme disease? Anaplamosis? Both?

Jun 22, 2022

My recent adventures with tick-borne disease

Jun 22, 2022

Zach Portman

How to review a manuscript like Reviewer 2, a helpful 13-step guide

Now you too can be a notorious reviewer!

May 10, 2022

May 10, 2022

Zach Portman

Exploring Trends in US Bee Data in GBIF

The source of the data matters.

Mar 30, 2022

Exploring Trends in US Bee Data in GBIF

Mar 30, 2022

Zach Portman

How I’m helping to save the birds by keeping chickens

It’s all about boosting bird numbers!

Jan 31, 2022

Chickens in a sad-looking enclosure. One chicken is missing a bunch of feathers.

Jan 31, 2022

Zach Portman

Massachusetts bumblebees are in trouble

This follows a trend of declining bumblebees in the northeastern US

Sep 7, 2021

Bombus affinis, the rusty patched bumblebee

Sep 7, 2021

Zach Portman

Zach Portman

I am scientist who studies bees. My research covers the identification, biology, evolution, and conservation of native bees.

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