- Dates
- 2018-05-11 – 2018-05
- Kind
- Survey
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- organization/us-fish-and-wildlife-service
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationendangered-speciescitizen-scienceecology
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In May 2018, Beaver Island residents were invited to help look for the endangered rusty-patched bumble bee and submit photographs through Bumble Bee Watch. The notice framed Great Lakes islands as potentially important refuges for rare species.
Evidence limits
This record documents a monitoring request and citizen-science opportunity. It does not establish a rusty-patched bumble bee sighting on Beaver Island or a verified change in the island species list.
Sources
- The notice relayed an agency request for observations, identified the rusty-patched bumble bee as endangered, and encouraged residents to submit photographs through Bumble Bee Watch. It also reported a prior tri-colored bumble bee record, but does not document a new rusty-patched sighting or agency-verified observation.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013062
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island residents invited to join rusty-patched bumble bee monitoring, 2018”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rusty-patched-bumble-bee-watch-2018/, accessed [date], citing Pam Grassmick, “Bumblebee Watch,” Beaver Island Forum, May 11, 2018..
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