Occurrence dataset Registered March 14, 2022

    Jeffery V. Freeman Personal Bee Collection

    Hardy S • Freeman J

    Description

    Wild bees collected and curated by Jeff Freeman. Additional specimens from his collection are included in Leif Richardson's collection (https://www.gbif.org/dataset/cccd7d2f-33f5-4cc4-8076-6f2522befa92) and UVM's Zaddock Thompson Zoological Collection (https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d156cb49-ba5d-45fc-898e-3de6002d2efd).

    Geographic scope

    Description

    United States and Canada

    Latitude
    From 15.284 to 62.268
    Longitude
    From -136.406 to -53.438

    Temporal scope

    range
    January 01, 1966 - January 01, 2006

    Taxonomic scope

    Description

    Wild Bees

    Coverage
    AnthophilaBees

    Methodology

    Sampling

    Many specimens collected with various traps intended for Tabanidae. Trap and lure information is included in the field notes when known (from specimen labels). If specimen labels included an associated flower, then sampling protocol was assumed to be with net.

    Study extent

    Primarily Rutland County, Vermont, United States with a small number of specimens from other states and Canada provinces. Not all specimens from outside Vermont were identified or digitized.

    Quality control

    Identifications by Spencer Hardy

    Method steps
    1. NA

    Metrics

    Contacts

    • Spencer Hardy

      Originator
      Metadata author
      Administrative point of contact
      Organization
      Vermont Center for Ecostudies
      Position
      Project Coordinator
      Roles
      Originator
      Metadata author
      Administrative point of contact
      User ID
    • Jeffery Freeman

      Originator
      Organization
      Castleton Universtiy
      Position
      Professor Emeritus
      Roles
      Originator

    GBIF registration

    Registration date
    March 14, 2022
    Metadata last modified
    November 09, 2023
    Publication date
    November 01, 2022
    Hosted by
    Vermont Center for Ecostudies
    Installation
    IPT of the Vermont Atlas of Life (VAL)
    Endpoints
    Darwin Core Archive
    EML
    Preferred identifier
    10.15468/5gstg3
    Alternative identifiers

    Citation

    Hardy S, Freeman J (2022). Jeffery V. Freeman Personal Bee Collection. Version 1.3. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/5gstg3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-10.