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：方法缺陷和缺乏分类学努力困扰澳大利亚蜂研究

在澳大利亚以及其他国家，对传粉媒介（尤其是野生蜂）进行研究的兴趣日益浓厚。我们欢迎越来越多的研究关注，但是，我们对所使用的采样技术中的不良方法以及标本的分类学处理方法不佳表示关注。我们明确地强调了这两个问题，讨论了当采用不适当的采样方法并且标本没有被正确识别或管理时所产生的含义，并为这些问题提供了补救措施。