🏛️ Cabrillo National Monument

Native Bee Monitoring Program

Native bee field guides, checklists, and interactive maps from the Cabrillo native-bee monitoring program. Pick a page to explore.

iNaturalist Peridot Sweat Bee (Augochlorella pomoniella) on Wirelettuce (Stephanomeria) · Brandi Sanchez · CC BY-NC

πŸ”ŽField guide

Bee Occurrence Explorer

Pick a bee and see every place in the park it has been recorded, on a map you can filter by year, transect, and method, along with the months the bee is active.

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🐝Field guide

Bee Field Guide (Species)

Every bee species recorded at Cabrillo, with conservation status, how often we find it, the flowers it visits, and a link to its photos on iNaturalist.

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🐝Field guide

Bee Field Guide (Genus)

The same guide organized by genus. Useful for every bee, and especially for the ones that can only be identified to genus.

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🌼Field guide

Bee and Plant Explorer

Which flowers each bee has been recorded on, and which bees have been recorded on each plant. Read it from either end, and check the record count before drawing a conclusion.

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❗Priorities

Least-Sampled Bees

The bees we know the least about across both survey methods. New records of these help the most.

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πŸ”¬Priorities

Specimen Bee Bounty Map

Where to net the specimens the park's collection is still missing, bee by bee.

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πŸ“·Priorities

iNaturalist Bee Bounty Map

Where to photograph the bees that iNaturalist is still missing for the park.

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πŸ—ΊοΈMonitoring program

Survey Transect Map

The four fixed trails our surveyors walk, known as the transects, mapped across the park.

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πŸ“ŠMonitoring program

Park Summary Tables

The program at a glance. How many species, genera, and plants we have recorded, and the number of surveys and surveyors behind them.

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πŸ“ˆMonitoring program

Bee Trends Explorer

An early look at how each bee's share of the records moves year to year. Six seasons in, so treat every line as a first look, not a conclusion.

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