Sarah Federman Rosalind R. James Bryan Danforth Terry Griswold David W. Inouye Quinn McFrederick Lora Morandin Deborah Paul Elizabeth Sellers James P. Strange Mace Vaughan Neal M. Williams Michael Branstetter Casey T. Burns James Cane Alison B Cariveau Daniel Cariveau Anna Childers Christopher Childers Diana L. Cox-Foster Elaine Evan Kelsey K. Graham Kevin Hackett Kimberly Huntzinger Rebecca Irwin Shalene Jha Sarah Lawson Christina Liang Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe Andony Melathopoulos Heather Moylett Clint Otto Lauren Ponisio Leif L Richardson Robyn Rose Rajwinder Singh Wayne Wehling Hollis Woodward 2020 <div id="abstracts" class="Abstracts u-font-serif"><div id="ab0005" class="abstract author" lang="en"><div id="as0005"><p id="sp0005">North America has more than 4000 bee species, yet we have little information on the health, distribution, and population trends of most of these species. In the United States, what information is available is distributed across multiple institutions, and efforts to track bee populations are largely uncoordinated on a national scale. An overarching framework for monitoring U.S. native bees could provide a system that is responsive to national needs, resources, and capacities. Five major action areas and priorities for structuring a coordinated effort include: (1) Defining the scope, aims, and cost of a national native bee monitoring program; (2) Improving the national capacity in bee taxonomy and systematics; (3) Gathering and cataloging data that are standardized, accessible, and sustainable; (4) Identifying survey methods and prioritizing taxa to monitor; and (5) Prioritizing geographic areas to be monitored. Here, we detail the needs, challenges, and opportunities associated with developing a multi-layered U.S. national plan for native bee monitoring.</p></div></div></div><ul id="issue-navigation" class="issue-navigation u-margin-s-bottom u-bg-grey1"></ul> application/pdf 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821 en Elsevier Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees article