Data Sheets

The easiest way to upload your data is directly into the Survey123 app, which can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play. 

Once you have downloaded the app, "Continue without signing in." An account is not necessary to access the data sheets. 

Within the search bar, there is a little QR code icon. Click on this icon to scan the QR codes below to access our data sheets. 

Printable data sheets are available upon request. 

Nest Quest Survey 

This is the primary survey that you will use while you are visiting your plot. You will record your site, date of visit, and some general habitat information (temperature, wind speed, air quality, blooming plants). This form will also track your path as you meander through your plot looking for nests. 

Form can also be accessed here: https://arcg.is/1zvnrf2

Check back SOON for a video that demonstrates how to use this form! 

Nest Discovery Form 

This form you will use if you discover a nest during your survey. IF you find a nest, pause your timer to complete this form. It is collecting information on nest location, if you found the nest during your survey and within your plot or incidentally (i.e. on your walk back to your car), and some other observational questions. 

Form can also be accessed here: https://arcg.is/0Luu9f0

In addition to filling out this form, you will need to upload the nest sighting to BumbleBeeWatch.org. Please notify program leaders when you find a nest! 

OPTIONAL: Nest traffic form

Once nests have been found, we are interested in doing some additional monitoring. Monitoring can happen outside of Nest Quest survey time. You will spend 20 minutes observing the nest and recording information like how many bees are coming and going, if they have pollen, if there are signs of predation, and more. 

The data sheet is below.

Form can also be accessed here: https://arcg.is/10j1Sq0 

Nest traffic data sheet.pdf

**This data entry form asks you to record information on pollen loads. Bumble bees have pollen baskets on their hind legs, where they pack in pollen to transport back to their nests. For examples of what these pollen loads might look like, click here.