Bee community metrics in different field types
Description
Data were collected to explore the impacts of added pollinator habitat planted adjacent or far away from soybean fields on the bee community and soybean yield. This dataset includes information on the bee community in three field types: first the planted pollinator habitat, second a soybean field planted adjacent to the habitat (which acts as a treatment field), and third a soybean field planted far away from the habitat (which acts as a negative control field).
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Bees were documented at 8 sites across North Carolina using two survey methods: visual surveys and netting surveys. Both surveys were used for a total of 30 minutes and repeated twice per day, once in the morning and once in the afternoon, to account for temporal variation. Surveys were conducted 2-3 times across the soybean bloom period. Bee community metrics were then calculated in R.