There is an increased interest in conducting studies on pollinators – especially wild bees – in Australia, as well as abroad. We welcome this increased research attention, however we are concerned by poor methods in the sampling techniques used, and the poor taxonomic treatment of specimens. We explicitly highlight these two issues, discuss the implications that arise when inappropriate sampling methods are deployed, and specimens are not identified or curated appropriately, and offer remedies for these issues.

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论坛：方法学上的缺陷和分类学努力的缺乏困扰着澳大利亚蜜蜂研究

澳大利亚和国外对传粉媒介——尤其是野生蜜蜂——的研究越来越感兴趣。我们欢迎这种增加的研究关注，但是我们担心所使用的采样技术方法不当，以及标本的分类处理不当。我们明确强调了这两个问题，讨论了在部署不适当的采样方法以及未适当识别或管理样本时产生的影响，并为这些问题提供补救措施。