Reflections on the state of bee monitoring

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

Zach Portman
11 min readJul 7, 2022

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A bit over two years ago (May 2020), along with my coauthors Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar and Dan Cariveau, I published what has arguably been my most influential paper, entitled “The State of Bee Monitoring in the United States: A Call to Refocus Away From Bowl Traps and Towards More Effective Methods.”

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Zach Portman

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