A group of people in a field (IMAGE) Penn State Caption Penn State researchers recruited 26 participants, mostly Master Gardeners, from across Pennsylvania to sample bees after receiving extensive training from Penn State experts. Between August 2021 and December 2022, the participants collected 9,062 bees, which were identified to species, stored in museum collections and the data were added to public databases. Here volunteers are pictured with Penn State faculty, staff and extension experts. Credit Nash Turley / Penn State Usage Restrictions Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted. License CC BY-NC-ND Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.