Ground-Nesting Bee Incidence and Soil Variables in Southeastern U.S. Row Crops, 2021-2022

From March 2021 to November 2022, data on ground-nesting bees and environmental variables were collected at the E.V. Smith Research Center in Shorter, Alabama. The dataset was created by the Department of Agriculture to assess bee responses to agricultural management treatments across 96 experimental subplots. It provides insights into interactions between soil management, soil conditions, vegetation cover, and bee populations.

Use Cases

• Modeling the impact of tillage practices on ground-nesting bee incidence based on management treatment data.
• Analyzing correlations between soil conditions and bee diversity based on documented environmental variables.
• Studying the effect of vegetation cover on pollinator populations in agricultural landscapes.
• Assessing the ecological trade-offs of different soil management practices for agroecology research.

Strengths

• Data collected from 96 experimental subplots in a randomized block design.
• Covers a specific time range from March 2021 to November 2022.
• Focuses on a specific geographic location (E.V. Smith Research Center, Alabama).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description cautions that emergence trap data does not represent floral visitation behavior.

Provenance

Source

Department of Agriculture

Collection Method

Data were collected from experimental subplots arranged in a randomized block design.

Time Range

March 2021 to November 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:46:57.244367; freshness should be verified.

Geography

E.V. Smith Research Center in Shorter, Alabama, USA