Brazilian Bee Trait Database

The Brazilian bee trait database (BBTD) results from the collaborative work of many bee ecology and bee taxonomy researchers, and is regularly updated with new information. If you would like to contribute with new information to help us improve coverage please send an email to lgcarvalheiro@ufg.br OR guaradc@gmail.com

Funding: Instituto Tecnológico Vale (ITV), CAPES, CNPq

When using information from this database, please cite: Cordeiro, G.D., Giannini, T.C., Consorte, P.M., Costa, A.C.J., Machida, W.S., Marques, B.F., Mazzei, N.D., Menezes, P.P., Resende, L.S., Shimoda, J.A., Souza, R.S., Acosta, A.L., Aguiar, A.J.C., Almeida, E.A.B., Alves, D.A., Alves-Dos-Santos, I., Andrade, T.O., Anjos-Silva, E.J., Barbosa, A.S., Barbosa, E.R.M., Bezerra, L.A., Borges, R.C., Brito, T.F., Camacho, G.P., Campbell, A.J., Castro, M.S., Coelho, B.W.T., Ferrari, R.R., Garófalo, C.A., González-Chaves, A.D., Keller, G.O., Lichtenberg, E.M., Marshall, L., Martínez-Martínez, C.A., Martins, M.B., Martins, A.C., Maués, M.M., Moleiro, H.P., Mouga, D.M.D.S., Oliveira, F.F., Ramos, K.S., Ramos, R.L., Rocha-Filho, L.C., Santos, I.P.V., Santos, S., Santos Júnior, J.E., Shibata, A., Silva, D.P., Sousa, F.G., Teixeira, C.M.N., Tietz, A.L., Trindade-Santos, M.E., Vilhena, P.S., Vivallo, F., & Carvalheiro, L.G. Functional diversity of Brazilian bees: revealing the unique patterns of the Neotropics. Oecologia 208, 5 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05828-8