Bee records shared by citizen scientists have contributed to a better understanding of species’ conservation status. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Ms Girinandhini Govindharaju and Mr Lim Yu Jun helped add two more species of bees to Singapore’s records: the Buttel-Reepen’s resin bee and Singed nomad bee.
“I was really shocked and excited when I was told it was a new nomad species for Singapore as this of bees is really rare, and on top of that, I came across a new one,” said Mr Lim, 22, who is currently in national service. The number of citizen scientists working on different types of fauna in Singapore has grown from 400 in 2015 to over 11,000 in 2023, said NParks. It runs a programme called Community in Nature Biodiversity Watch, where members of the public and students join large-scale biodiversity surveys.
Mr Soh said: “NParks provides training and shares expertise with citizen scientists to identify bees taxonomically, partners with them to conduct surveys on bees and, where relevant, works with them to publish notable findings in research papers.” The September 2023 opinion paper, published in scientific journal Biological Conservation, stated that the knowledge base for bees is “vanishingly small” in Asia than that of the rest of the world.
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