OBA Discoveries

2019 Oregon Bee Atlas Dataset

Best, L., Engler, J., Feuerborn, C., Larsen, J., Lindh, B., Marshall, C.J., Melathopoulos, A., Kincaid, S. and Robinson, S.V., 2022. Oregon Bee Atlas: wild bee findings from 2019. Catalog: Oregon State Arthropod Collection, 6(1).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility dataset (published February 2022)

2018 Oregon Bee Atlas Dataset

Best, L., Marshall, C.J., Feuerborn, C., Kincaid, S., Melathopoulos, A. and Robinson, S.V., 2021. Oregon Bee Atlas: native bee findings from 2018. Catalog: Oregon State Arthropod Collection, 5(1).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility dataset (published April 2021)

Newly discovered bees of the Oregon Bee Atlas

The following is a list of newly discovered bees by the Oregon Bee Atlas. Many of these bees are only known from a few specimens anywhere in the world.

Rare rabbitbrush fairy cuckoo bee discovered in Oregon

The rare rabbitbrush fairy cuckoo bee was discovered in Oregon in 2019. Learn about this tiny bee, whose unique lifestyle is based on stealing nest space and food resources from other bees.

Lincoln Best, Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2021 | OSU Extension Catalog

Volunteer's discovery adds to knowledge of rare Oregon bee species

The small stonecrop mason bee (Hoplitis emarginata) had never been found in Oregon until 2019 when it was discovered by Master Melittologist Judi Maxwell in the Siskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon. Only one person had seen it...

Lincoln Best, Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2021 | OSU Extension Catalog

Rare lava field bee rediscovered by Extension volunteer

Oregon's lava hole bee hadn't been seen in Oregon for almost 50 years when OSU Extension Master Melittologist Ellen Watrous rediscovered the bee in 2018 for the Oregon Bee Atlas. This bee had only been seen in Oregon four ...