Find research datasets worth reusing
Search datasets from major research repositories and use ShareScore to quickly assess how well each record supports discovery, access, and reuse.
300
datasets available to search
ShareScore release 0.9.0
Dataset results
300 results for “bumble bees”
Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) Metro Area bee lawn assessments and bumble bee survey, 2023
Eighty residential lawns were recruited across the seven-county Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area to take part in a survey of bumble bee species, vegetation and soil characteristics across lawns with differing management regimes. Lawns were selected to capture a range across the urban to rural gradient (based on percent of impervious surface) and household incomes and ethnicity at the Census block group level. Approximately half the lawns were characterized as "traditional" lawns, while half were considered "bee lawns" based on initial plant and bee community data. Three non-residential sites were included in this study: Katharine Ordway Natural History Study Area, The Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History, the University of St. Thomas Stewardship Garden. The Bombus spp. composition was surveyed NON-LETHALLY at each site twice in the summer, with six endangered rusty-patched bumble bees (Bombus affinis) observed in 2023. Each property was also surveyed for plant species composition and soil moisture. Additional soil and site characteristics will accompany this dataset at a later date. Locations of the lawns are jittered randomly to protect the privacy of participating residents in the study.
Biogeographic parallels in thermal tolerance and gene expression variation under temperature stress in a widespread bumble bee
<p>Global temperature changes have emphasized the need to understand how species adapt to thermal stress across their ranges. Genetic mechanisms may contribute to variation in thermal tolerance, providing evidence for how organisms adapt to local environments. We determine physiological thermal limits and characterize genome-wide transcriptional changes at these limits in bumble bees using laboratory-reared <em>Bombus vosnesenskii</em> workers. We analyze bees reared from latitudinal (35.7–45.7°N) and altitudinal (7–2154 m) extremes of the species' range to correlate thermal tolerance and gene expression among populations from different climates. We find that critical thermal minima (CT<sub>MIN</sub>) exhibit strong associations with local minimums at the location of queen origin, while critical thermal maximum (CT<sub>MAX</sub>) was invariant among populations. Concordant patterns are apparent in gene expression data, with regional differentiation following cold exposure, and expression shifts invariant among populations under high temperatures. Furthermore, we identify several modules of co-expressed genes that tightly correlate with critical thermal limits and temperature at the region of origin. Our results reveal that local adaptation in thermal limits and gene expression may facilitate cold tolerance across a species range, whereas high temperature responses are likely constrained, both of which may have implications for climate change responses of bumble bees.</p>
Supplementary material 5: Bombus spp trapped in Palmer Alaska, 2009 from: Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites - Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085 (08 May 2015) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085
1040 specimens of fourteen species trapped using Blue Vane pollinator traps with counts of queens, workers, and males by date.
Supplementary material 3: Bombus spp trapped in Fairbanks Alaska, 2009 from: Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites - Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085 (08 May 2015) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085
2,131 specimens of fifteen species trapped using Blue Vane pollinator traps with counts of queens, workers, and males by date.
Supplementary material 2: Bombus spp trapped in Delta Junction Alaska, 2010 from: Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites - Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085 (08 May 2015) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085
1812 specimens of sixteen species trapped using Blue Vane pollinator traps with counts of queens, workers, and males by date.
Supplementary material 1: Bombus spp trapped in Delta Junction Alaska, 2009 from: Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites - Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085 (08 May 2015) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085
2,446 specimens of sixteen species trapped using Blue Vane pollinator traps with counts of queens, workers, and males by date.
Supplementary material 4: Bombus spp trapped in Fairbanks Alaska, 2010 from: Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites - Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085 (08 May 2015) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085
57 specimens of seven species trapped using Blue Vane pollinator traps with counts of queens, workers, and males by date.
Figure 3. from: Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites - Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085 (08 May 2015) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085
Figure 3. - Mean number and standard errors of B.centralis, B.flavifrons, and B.occidentalis per trap per 7 day sampling period collected with blue vane traps near Palmer, Alaska 2009 and 2010 (see Suppl. materials 5, 6).
Figure 2. from: Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites - Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085 (08 May 2015) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085
Figure 2. - Mean number and standard errors of B.centralis, B.jonellus, B.occidentalis, and B.perplexus per trap per 7 day sampling period collected with blue vane traps near Fairbanks, Alaska 2009 and 2010. (see Suppl. materials 3, 4).
Figure 1. from: Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites - Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085 (08 May 2015) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085
Figure 1. - Mean number and standard errors of B.bifarius, B.frigidus, B.jonellus, and B.occidentalis per trap per 7 day sampling period collected with blue vane traps near Delta Junction, Alaska 2009 and 2010 (see Suppl. materials 1, 2)
Supplementary material 6: Bombus spp trapped in Palmer Alaska, 2010 from: Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites - Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085 (08 May 2015) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085
764 specimens of fourteen species trapped using Blue Vane pollinator traps with counts of queens, workers, and males by date.
FIGURE 12–17 in Preliminary Study of the Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis, Its Eggs, Their Eclosion, and Its Larval Instars and Pupae (Apoidea: Apidae: Bombini)
FIGURE 12–17. SEM micrographs of micropylar areas on other eggs of Bombus griseocollis showing variation in radiating channels and in apparent number of openings.
FIGURE 40 in Preliminary Study of the Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis, Its Eggs, Their Eclosion, and Its Larval Instars and Pupae (Apoidea: Apidae: Bombini)
FIGURE 40. Microphotograph of cleared abdominal segment of fourth larval instar of Bombus griseocollis, anterior end right, with long, tapering, posteroventrad directed spicules of lower surface of lateral body swelling above and much smaller, denser ventral body spicules below.
FIGURES 34–36 in Preliminary Study of the Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis, Its Eggs, Their Eclosion, and Its Larval Instars and Pupae (Apoidea: Apidae: Bombini)
FIGURES 34–36. Microphotographs of right mandible of fifth larval instar of Bombus griseocollis dorsal, inner, and ventral, and outer views, respectively (arrows pointing to setae in outer view).
FIGURES 23–25 in Preliminary Study of the Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis, Its Eggs, Their Eclosion, and Its Larval Instars and Pupae (Apoidea: Apidae: Bombini)
FIGURES 23–25. Diagrams of fifth larval instars of Bombus griseocollis, lateral views, all to same scale. Scale = 1.0 mm, referring to figs. 23–25. Variation in body size reflecting natural variability in this stage. 23. Predefecating larva. 24. Early postdefecating larva with thoracic segmentation starting to elongate. 25. Late postdefecating larva with pupal metasoma starting to swell abdomen. Scale = 1.0 mm. FIGURES 26, 27. Close-up of head of fifth larval instar of B. griseocollis, lateral and front views respectively.
FIGURES 31–33 in Preliminary Study of the Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis, Its Eggs, Their Eclosion, and Its Larval Instars and Pupae (Apoidea: Apidae: Bombini)
FIGURES 31–33. Microphotographs of front of head of Bombus griseocollis showing variation in clypeal pigmentation.
FIGURES 5–7 in Preliminary Study of the Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis, Its Eggs, Their Eclosion, and Its Larval Instars and Pupae (Apoidea: Apidae: Bombini)
FIGURES 5–7. SEM micrographs of another egg of Bombus griseocollis. 5. Entire egg (anterior end left), again with micropyle centered in middle of front end. 6. Close-up of elevation. 7. Further close-up, demonstrating large number of possible openings.
FIGURES 8, 9 in Preliminary Study of the Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis, Its Eggs, Their Eclosion, and Its Larval Instars and Pupae (Apoidea: Apidae: Bombini)
FIGURES 8, 9. Distant (arrow) and close-up views of the micropyle of yet another egg, this one revealing no certain opening. FIGURES 10. Front of egg of Bombus griseocollis that has lost its chorion, revealing small opening into yolk (arrow) in the vitelline membrane through which spermatozoa are presumably funneled to fertilize the egg. 11. Close-up of entrance.
FIGURES 2–4 in Preliminary Study of the Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis, Its Eggs, Their Eclosion, and Its Larval Instars and Pupae (Apoidea: Apidae: Bombini)
FIGURES 2–4. SEM micrographs of egg of Bombus griseocollis. 2. Entire egg (anterior end up left) demonstrating smooth transparent chorion at short anterior and posterior ends and long stretch of reticulate, rough chorion in the middle. 3. Close-up of anterior end showing the small elevation of the micropyle located centrally. 4. Close-up of the micropyle elevation, with some micropylar opening visible along upper periphery.
FIGURES 18–22 in Preliminary Study of the Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis, Its Eggs, Their Eclosion, and Its Larval Instars and Pupae (Apoidea: Apidae: Bombini)
FIGURES 18–22. SEM micrographs of reticulate chorion. 18. Close-up of exterior surface of reticulate chorion. 19. Same, except where reticulate chorion meets smooth chorions. 20. Edge of split of reticulate chorion with thin inner surface below and edge of outer structure along upper side. Note reticulate pattern of surface structure revealed through thin inner surface, 21. Close-up of central area in figure 20. 22. Close-up of parallel perpendicular lamellae from central area of figure 20 demonstrating complexity of outer ornamentation.
ScienceDex guides
Understand access before you commit
These curated guides explain access requirements, typical timelines, costs, and reuse considerations for widely used research datasets.
Allen Brain Atlas
Allen Brain Atlas is an Allen Institute collection of brain map atlases, datasets, APIs, and analysis tools covering mouse, human, and non-human primate brain resources.
Annotated Behaviour and Observability Dataset (ABODe)
ABODe is a University of Edinburgh DataShare dataset for behavior classification in group-housed mice using home-cage video, identities, bounding boxes, ground-plate positions, and annotator labels.
DANDI Archive for NWB datasets
DANDI is a BRAIN Initiative archive for publishing and sharing neurophysiology data, including electrophysiology, optophysiology, and behavioral data packaged as NWB and related standards.
International Brain Laboratory public data
The International Brain Laboratory public data releases expose standardized mouse decision-making experiments, including Neuropixels recordings, widefield calcium imaging, behavior, and session metadata accessed through the ONE API.
OpenNeuro
OpenNeuro is a free, open platform for sharing neuroimaging datasets, with public search, dataset pages, and download paths for web, S3, DataLad, and the OpenNeuro CLI.