J. Berry, C. G. Fair and S. K. Braman
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Table 1. Bee species abundance in grass only or flower enhanced plots as measured by plot sweep samples and director capture from flowers (bee to flower)
| Bee to Flower Direct Observations (Flower Plots) | Beat Net Full Plot Sweeps | ||||||||||
| Species | Black-eyed Susan | Brazilian Verbena | Coreopsis | Mountain Mint | Rattlesnake Master | Partridge Pea | Tickseed Sunflower | Vetch | Grass Only Plots | Flower Enhanced Plots | |
| Agapostemon splendens (LePeletier 1841) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Agapostemon virescens(Fabricius, 1775) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Apis melliferaLinnaeus, 1758 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Augochlora pura(Say, 1837) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| Bombus bimaculatusCresson, 1863 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bombus fraternus(Smith, 1854) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bombus griseocollis(De Geer, 1773) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bombus impatiensCresson, 1863 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 113 | |
| Bombus pensylvanicus(De Geer, 1773) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Ceratina cockerelliH. S. Smith, 1907 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ceratina duplaSay, 1837 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coelioxys dolichosFox, 1890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Coelioxys mexicanusCresson 1878 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Coelioxys sayiRobertson, 1897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Colletes nudusRobertson, 1898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dieunomia heteropoda(Say, 1824) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eucera hamata(Bradley, 1942) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eucera rosae(Robertson, 1900) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Halictus confusesSmith, 1853 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Halictus ligatus/poeyiSay, 1837 | 570 | 0 | 75 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 377 | |
| Halictus parallelusSay, 1837 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Halictus rubicundus(Christ, 1791) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lasioglossum admirandum(Sandhouse, 1924) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Lasioglossum callidum(Sandhouse, 1924) | 28 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 35 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 331 | |
| Lasioglossum coreopsis(Robertson, 1902) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| Lasioglossum disparile(Cresson, 1872) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Lasioglossum gothamGibbs, 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Lasioglossum hitchensiGibbs, 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | |
| Lasioglossum illinoense(Robertson, 1892) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | |
| Lasioglossum imitatum(Smith, 1853) | 28 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 263 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 233 | |
| Lasioglossum leucocomus(Lovell, 1908) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lasioglossum lionotum(Sandhouse, 1923) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lasioglossum longifrons(Baker, 1906) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Lasioglossum lustrans(Cockerell, 1897) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lasioglossum pilosum(Smith, 1853) | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Lasioglossum pruinosum(Robertson, 1892) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Lasioglossum tegulare(Robertson, 1890)/puteulanumGibbs, 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | |
| Lasioglossum trigeminumGibbs 2011 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 67 | |
| Lasioglossum zephyrum(Smith, 1853) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Megachile brevisSay, 1837 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Megachile campanulae(Robertson, 1903) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Megachile mendicaCresson, 1878 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Megachile petulansCresson, 1878 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Megachile sculpturalisSmith, 1853 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Megachile xylocopoidesSmith, 1853 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Melissodes bimaculatus(Lepeletier, 1825) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Melissodes comptoidesRobertson, 1898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Melissodes tepanecaCresson, 1878 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Nomia nortoniCresson, 1868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Osmia georgicaCresson, 1878 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ptilothrix bombiformis(Cresson, 1878) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sphecodes antennariaeRobertson, 1891 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sphecodes atlantis/cressoniiMitchell, 1956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sphecodes dichrousSmith, 1853 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Svastra aegisLaBerge, 1956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Svastra obliqua(Say, 1837) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Svastra petulcaCresson, 1878 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Xylocopa micansLepeletier, 1841 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Xylocopa virginica(Linnaeus, 1771) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Table 2. Bee species captured in pan traps only
| Date | Species | # of Individuals |
| 4/30/20 | Andrena alleghenies | 1 |
| 3/10/20 | Andrena Barbara Bouseman and LaBerge, 1979 | 3 |
| 3/18/20 | Andrena barbara Bouseman and LaBerge, 1979 | 9 |
| 4/22/20 | Andrena barbara Bouseman and LaBerge, 1979 | 1 |
| 3/1/20 | Andrena barbara Bouseman and LaBerge, 1979 | 1 |
| 4/4/20 | Andrena barbara Bouseman and LaBerge, 1979 | 2 |
| 4/9/20 | Andrena barbara Bouseman and LaBerge, 1979 | 2 |
| 3/11/20 | Andrena bisalicis Viereck, 1908 | 1 |
| 4/2/20 | Andrena confederatata Viereck, 1917 | 1 |
| 4/30/20 | Andrena cressonii Robertson, 1891 | 1 |
| 4/2/20 | Andrena fenningeri Viereck, 1922 | 1 |
| 4/2/20 | Andrena gardineri Cockerell, 1906 | 1 |
| 3/18/20 | Andrena imitratrix/morrisonella Cresson, 1872 | 4 |
| 5/18/20 | Andrena imitratrix/morrisonella Cresson, 1872 | 2 |
| 8/11/20 | Andrena imitratrix/morrisonella Cresson, 1872 | 1 |
| 4/8/20 | Andrena krigiana Robertson, 1901 | 1 |
| 6/19/20 | Andrena miserabilis Cresson, 1872 | 2 |
| 30-Apr | Andrena nasonii Robertson, 1895 | 4 |
| 4/15/20 | Andrena nasonii Robertson, 1895 | 2 |
| 4/13/20 | Andrena perplexa Smith, 1853 | 1 |
| 4/30/20 | Andrena personata Robertson, 1897 | 1 |
| 4/22/20 | Andrena rubi Mitchell, 1960 | 1 |
| 4/2/20 | Andrena violae Robertson, 1891 | 2 |
| 4/30/20 | Andrena violae Robertson, 1891 | 1 |
| 6/18/20 | Augochlorella aurata (Smith, 1853) | 3 |
| 4/8/20 | Augochlorella aurata (Smith, 1853) | 1 |
| 3/10/20 | Augochlorella aurata (Smith, 1853) | 1 |
| 6/18/20 | Ceratina strenua Smith, 1879 | 2 |
| 4/15/20 | Eucera atriventris (Smith, 1854) | 2 |
| 4/4/20 | Hoplitis pilosifrons (Cresson, 1864) | 1 |
| 4/4/20 | Hoplitis producta (Cresson, 1864) | 2 |
| 4/15/20 | Hoplitis producta (Cresson, 1864) | 2 |
| 4/22/20 | Hoplitis producta (Cresson, 1864) | 1 |
| 5/13/20 | Lasioglossum admirandum (Sandhouse, 1924) | 1 |
| 8/11/20 | Lasioglossum admirandum (Sandhouse, 1924) | 3 |
| 8/9/20 | Lasioglossum bruneri (Crawford, 1892) | 1 |
| 6/24/20 | Lasioglossum bruneri (Crawford, 1892) | 1 |
| 6/18/20 | Lasioglossum bruneri (Crawford, 1892) | 39 |
| 6/10/20 | Lasioglossum bruneri (Crawford, 1892) | 2 |
| 6/18/20 | Lasioglossum bruneri (Crawford, 1892) | 1 |
| 8/11/20 | Lasioglossum bruneri (Crawford, 1892) | 1 |
| 4/30/20 | Lasioglossum puteulanum Gibbs, 2009 | 1 |
| 5/27/20 | Lasioglossum reticulatum (Robertson, 1892) | 1 |
| 5/13/20 | Lasioglossum reticulatum (Robertson, 1892) | 1 |
| 6/19/20 | Lasioglossum reticulatum (Robertson, 1892) | 2 |
| 8/9/20 | Lasioglossum reticulatum (Robertson, 1892) | 2 |
| 8/5/20 | Lasioglossum weemsi (Mitchell, 1960) | 1 |
| 5/13/20 | Megachile mucida Cresson, 1878 | 1 |
| 6/10/20 | Melissodes communis Cresson, 1878 | 2 |
| 6/18/20 | Melissodes communis Cresson, 1878 | 1 |
| 7/3/20 | Melissodes communis Cresson, 1878 | 1 |
| 6/3/20 | Melissodes communis Cresson, 1878 | 2 |
| 8/11/20 | Melissodes communis Cresson, 1878 | 5 |
| 4/4/20 | Nomada imbricata Smith, 1854 | 2 |
| 4/9/20 | Nomada imbricata Smith, 1854 | 1 |
| 4/15/20 | Nomada luteola Olivier, 1812 | 1 |
| 5/23/19 | Osmia atriventris Cresson, 1864 | 1 |
| 5/11/20 | Osmia bucephala Cresson, 1864 | 1 |
| 5/11/20 | Osmia chalybea Smith, 1853 | 1 |
| 4/2/20 | Osmia pumila Cresson, 1864 | 1 |
| 4/2/20 | Osmia sandhouseae Mitchell, 1927 | 2 |
| 4/4/20 | Osmia subfasciata Cresson, 1872 | 1 |
| 4/2/20 | Panurginus polytrichus Cockerell, 1909 | 1 |
| 4/30/20 | Panurginus polytrichus Cockerell, 1909 | 7 |
| 5/13/20 | Panurginus polytrichus Cockerell, 1909 | 2 |
| 4/8/20 | Sphecodes solonis Graenicher, 1911 | 1 |
Flowers (Primary) visited (the width of each band shows the relative frequency of visitation interactions) by the four most abundant bee species (Secondary), A) Bombus impatiens, B) Halictus ligatus/poeyi, C) Lasioglossum callidum and D) Lasioglossum immitatum in a flower-enhanced erosion mitigation mix evaluated for pollinator conservation during 2021 and 2022 in Georgia, USA.
Bee species (Secondary) visited (the width of each band shows the relative frequency of visitation interactions) selected flowers (Primary) of interest A) Black-eyed Susan, B) Rattlesnake Master, C) Mountain mint and D) Sensitive Pea in a flower-enhanced erosion mitigation mix evaluated for pollinator conservation during 2021 and 2022 in Georgia, USA.
