Occurrence records and taxonomic voucher specimens for study of wild bee communities in early seral forests generated by wildfire, post-fire salvage logging, and intensive forest management in southwest Oregon

Early seral forests regenerating after stand-replacing disturbance events can provide important habitat for populations of wild bees, an important group of pollinating insects. However, variability in the abundance and diversity of wild bee communities across different types of early seral forests is poorly understood, and can inform pollinator conservation efforts and sustainable forest management practices. In this study, we compared wild bee assemblages from early seral forests regenerating from three widespread stand-replacing disturbances across a gradient in stand ages in the Klamath Ecoregion of southwest Oregon using blue vane traps. Here, we present occurrence data for each bee specimen observed in the study, including voucher specimens deposited to the Oregon State Arthropod Collection.