Bee Specimen Records from Arizona Wildlife Refuges, 2013

Specimen collections from the Bill Williams River and Cibola National Wildlife Refuges in Yuma, Arizona, made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2013. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory identified and cataloged each specimen. Data fields are described using Darwin Core terms, exported from a larger museum collection dataset.

Use Cases

• Analyzing bee species diversity and composition based on collection location and date
• Mapping pollinator presence and distribution based on geographic coordinates
• Studying taxonomic relationships based on species name and associated taxonomy fields
• Linking physical museum specimens to digital records based on unique catalog numbers

Strengths

• Specimens were definitively identified by a specialized USDA research unit (Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory)
• Data uses standardized Darwin Core terms for field descriptions, aiding interoperability
• Each specimen record has a unique catalog number linking physical and electronic data

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to collections from two specific wildlife refuges

Provenance

Source

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

Collection Method

Physical specimen collection followed by laboratory identification and cataloging

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-06 08:21:32.564412; freshness should be verified

Geography

Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge and Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, Yuma, Arizona, USA