On-site with the property / Montreal, QC (garden, park, farm, or natural area with blooming forage)
Bumble Bee Watch community-science photo survey — Montreal, QC.
Photograph a Montreal-area bumble bee's face, abdomen, and thorax without handling it for Bumble Bee Watch. Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $100 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- ProofMulti-angle photo set: face, abdomen, thorax + Bee never handled during photography + Submitted with date, location to bumblebeewatch.org or the app + Self-proposed ID marked tentative + Pending official expert-verifier confirmation
- Open until2027-02-25
- Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
Photograph a Montreal-area bumble bee's face, abdomen, and thorax without handling it for Bumble Bee Watch. The Montreal Insectarium, a founding partner of the project, is headquartered here.
Offer to pay $100. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.
Safety, read before you claim
This is photo documentation only, never handling or collection, and a bee resembling an ESA-listed species such as the rusty patched bumble bee is photographed at a distance only. A sting reaction beyond mild local swelling routes the participant to medical care immediately.
The full safety list for this job:
- A bee resembling an ESA-listed species is flagged for priority official expert review, never netted or handled to confirm identification.
- Pesticide-use signs or suspected nest disturbance route to the property owner or manager, or on agricultural sites, the local cooperative extension office.
- This packet is independent of and not affiliated with the Montreal Insectarium: named as the real, verified founding partner institution of Bumble Bee Watch, not an endorsement or partnership.
How this work is done
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. Create a free Bumble Bee Watch account at bumblebeewatch.org, or install the free Android/iOS app, before the first survey.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. Treat any tentative ID as unconfirmed until Bumble Bee Watch's official expert verifiers review and confirm the species from the submitted photos.
- 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.
What is promised, and what is not
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