Structure of Bee Communities in Marginal Lands of the Puget Sound, USA.

ABSTRACT: Wild bee communities in urban ecosystems are often challenged by habitat fragmentation and low floral diversity. In such settings, marginal land surrounding airports or in power line corridors may support bees, even with small habitat patches. However, temporal surveys of wild bees are lacking for many urban areas such as the Puget Sound region of western Washington State, USA. Here, we conducted wild bee surveys at three peri-urban sites in the Puget Sound over 7 years. Specifically, a standardized protocol was used to sample wild bee communities monthly from April to October at two sites associated with airports and one site in a power line corridor. In total, our surveys collected 25,441 specimens representing 118 confirmed species within 24 genera, with individual subsites having betwe

SUBMITTER: Sugden E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12404176 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature