Presentation Year

2025

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

Native bees provide crucial and efficient pollination services (Kremin, 2002). However, habitat fragmentation due to urban sprawl can contribute to native bee biodiversity loss (Hung, 2017). The College of the Canyons Buzz team used native bee diversity as a proxy for biodiversity and conducted research on native bee diversity on both of our college facilities and at nearby locations from April 2022 through July 2024. 213 bees across 5 families and 18 genera were collected from the Valencia campus, and floral hosts were documented. The goal was to attain an initial Shannon’s H diversity Index for the Valencia campus with a plan to enrich the campus habitat to attract more diversity.

Is your project focused on any of the following?

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

Primary Contact: First Name

Annette

Primary Contact: Last Name

Moulay

Primary Contact: Email

Arm265@humboldt.edu

Primary Contact: I am a

Undergraduate Student

Primary Contact: Phone Number

661-299-8578

Node ID

1675

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