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MONITORING PROCEDURES<br />

bee counts can be used to rank the quality of sites or the quality of seed mixes, or be used<br />

over time to assess changes at a site.<br />

For guidance on basic bee and pollinator recognition, refer to national and regional pollinator<br />

monitoring tools developed by the Xerces Society and partners at http://www.xerces.org/<br />

xerces-bee-monitoring-tools/. This procedure was adapted from a procedure developed<br />

by researchers with the University of California, Davis, Rutgers University, Michigan State<br />

University, and The Xerces Society. Using three years of field data at multiple locations across<br />

the country to compare bee diversity and abundance with various sampling intensities, the<br />

researchers found that observing and recording the abundance of native bees on flowers<br />

during two site visits provide reliable estimates of both abundance and diversity of bees at a<br />

particular site (Ward and others 2014).<br />

<strong>Roadside</strong> <strong>Revegetation</strong>: An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitat<br />

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