Bee occurrence data collected in "Hanamaru-Maruhana national census (Bumble bee national census)" in Japan

Study Extent

We collected bee photographs taken by citizens in citizen science program “Hanamaru-Maruhana national census (Bumble bee national census in English)” in Japan.

Sampling

Species were identified from photographic images, and latitude-longitude data was extracted from GPS data in Exif information of photographs or address in text of e-mail.

Quality Control

The consistency of bumble bee species identification by J. Yokoyama was 95% for 15 bumble bee species, and 97.7% for major six species (B. diversus, B. ardens, B. hypocrita, B. ignitus, B. honshuensis, and B. beaticola)

Method steps

1. We collected bee photographs taken by citizens in citizen science program “Hanamaru-Maruhana national census (Bumble bee national census in English)” in Japan.

16 bumble bee species and three carpenter species

1. Bombus ardens
   rank: species
2. Bombus beaticola
   rank: species
3. Bombus consobrinus
   rank: subspecies
4. Bombus cryptarum
   rank: species
5. Bombus deuteronymus
   rank: subspecies
6. Bombus diversus
   rank: species
7. Bombus honshuensis
   rank: species
8. Bombus hypnorum
   rank: subspecies
9. Bombus hypocrita
   rank: species
10. Bombus ignitus
    rank: species
11. Bombus norvegicus
    rank: subspecies
12. Bombus pseudobaicalensis
    rank: species
13. Bombus schrencki
    rank: subspecies
14. Bombus terrestris
    rank: species
15. Bombus ussurensis
    rank: species
16. Bombus yezoensis
    rank: species
17. Xylocopa appendiculata
    rank: subspecies
18. Xylocopa flavifrons
    rank: species
19. Xylocopa tranquebarorum
    rank: species

The Japanese archipelago excluding the Kurile Islands