Knowledge graph centered on Trap-nest sampling (Megachilidae) with 76 nodes and 317 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Two-form Bumble Bee, Bumble Bees, Buff-tailed Bumble Bee.
Installation and monitoring of artificial wooden nesting-blocks with multiple cavity sizes to track solitary bee nesting activity, timing, and reproductive success. Involves regular visual monitoring and offspring capture.
Synthesized from method descriptions across 17 papers using this protocol.
Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Wild foundress queen bumble bees make numerous, short foraging trips and exhibit frequent nest failure: Insights from trap-nesting and RFID tracking (2025), Ecology and Evolution. The protocol was originally introduced by Effects of weather and floral density on foraging activity of cavity nesting bees (<i> Osmia </i>spp.) (2019). Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.