Pollen types collected by bees in different field types

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 (see Levenson, Hannah K; Sharp, April E; Tarpy, David R (2022), “Bee community metrics in different field types”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/tfdcmfpwz9.1). This dataset includes information on pollen types from bees collected in three field types: first 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).

Bees were only collected if actively visiting a flower. Focus was placed on three of the most abundant bee species in the study: Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, and Xylocopa virginica.