Bumble Bee Watch community-science photo survey — site / national.

Bumble bee populations are declining across North America, but most sightings never reach anyone who can use them — a bee seen in a garden and forgotten teaches science nothing. Bumble Bee Watch turns a phone camera into real data: a face-shot-anchored photo set, submitted with date and location, becomes an expert-verified species record in a continent-wide dataset used to track range shifts and decline, including for the endangered rusty patched bumble bee.

Where

On-site with the property / national (garden, park, farm, or natural area with blooming forage) · Open the map

Pay

$100 proposed

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Proof

A photo-documented bumble bee observation: multi-angle photo set (face + abdomen + thorax) taken without handling the bee, submitted with date/location to bumblebeewatch.org or the app, with any self-proposed ID marked tentative pending official expert-verifier confirmation

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2027-01-27

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• A smartphone or digital camera with macro/close-up and burst/continuous shooting modes
• A free Bumble Bee Watch account (bumblebeewatch.org) or the Android/iOS app
• A garden, park, farm, or natural-area site with blooming forage
• A notebook or the app's built-in form for date/location/flower-visited notes

Steps

1. 1. Create a free Bumble Bee Watch account at bumblebeewatch.org, or install the free Android/iOS app, before the first survey.
2. 2. Walk the site (garden, park, farm, or natural area) during bloom and active bumble bee flight (warm, calm daylight hours) and locate a foraging bumble bee without disturbing it.
3. 3. Photograph the bee from multiple angles using macro/close-up mode and burst/continuous shooting to catch a sharp frame — always include one photo that captures the face (facial coloration and structure are load-bearing identification characters), plus top and side views of the abdomen and thorax.
4. 4. Record the date, location (GPS or address), and — optionally — the flower species visited; never net, chill, handle, or collect the bee to get a better photo.
5. 5. Upload the photo set and observation data to bumblebeewatch.org or the app; optionally use the site's interactive identification key (abdomen color pattern, thorax band/dot presence) to propose a tentative species.
6. 6. Treat any tentative ID as unconfirmed until Bumble Bee Watch's official expert verifiers review and confirm the species from the submitted photos.
7. 7. If the bee resembles an ESA-listed species (e.g. the rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis), note the resemblance, keep the standard respectful-distance/no-handling rule, and flag the record for priority expert review; never attempt to confirm a listed species by capture.

What counts as done

• Photo set includes a face shot plus top and side abdomen/thorax views, taken with macro/burst mode where available
• Date, location, and (optionally) flower visited recorded and submitted through bumblebeewatch.org or the official app
• Confirmation recorded that the bee was never netted, chilled, handled, or collected during photography
• Any self-proposed species ID recorded as tentative, pending Bumble Bee Watch's official expert-verifier review

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.