| Getting Started - Have a hive, want to join?
If you currently have a hive and are in need of a scale, information about scales can be found in the Scale Hive Protocol within the section called 'The Scale'. If you are interested but are not sure, this detailed document is great place to start.
Once you have your hive on a scale, you are ready to take part in the scale hive study! Please fill out this simple questionnaire about your location and hive and email it to Wayne Esaias. Data may be entered using an MS Excel spreadsheet, an MS Word doc, or a simple text file transcribed from data sheets (PDF). Download your preference, or contact us if you have questions or problems.
Data Collection
Central Maryland is the first test case of a network of scale hives to monitor honey bee nectar flow and nectar plant phenology. Tracking nectar flow data can have many benefits.
- Quantitative information useful to beekeepers and scientists studying plant-pollinator interactions.
- Provides a baseline for tracking climate change and the impacts of land use/land cover change.
- Demonstration of citizen-scientist role in climate impact studies.
- Provides data for scientists to use in relating satellite observations to detailed phenological events.
- Data are needed to relate large scale climate and ecosystem models to local impacts.
- Will the Africanized Honey Bee establish resident populations in Maryland, and if so, when?
List of Resources for Participants
Don't have a hive? You too can be involved!
Download the document describing a pilot native bee study and find what you can do to preserve and document our native bee population.
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