In the 2012 President's Budget Request, the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is terminated. As a result, all resources, databases, tools, and applications within this web site will be removed on January 15, 2012. For more information, please refer to the NBII Program Termination page.
Invertebrates provide a valuable service by pollinating flowering agricultural products. For more information about invertebrates and their roles as pollinators, visit the NBII Pollinators Web site about invertebrate pollinators including ants, bees, wasps, beetles, butterflies, moths, and files and the diverse factors affecting these insect populations nationally.
Web Resources
At center...
NBII Catalog Query
- Returns results from a predefined search to retrieve all records for this topic from the NBII Web Resources Catalog
NBII Metadata Clearinghouse Search Results
- Returns Metadata, "data about data"
At right...
Search the NBII Metadata Clearinghouse
- Search for metadata describing datasets and projects
NBII Metadata Clearinghouse Search Results for Invertebrates
Search using the NBII Custom Search
Available at the upper right corner of your browser window on all NBII Web pages, the NBII Custom search will search all NBII program Web pages plus select high quality biological information resources on the Web.
Discover Data Simple Search
Select Data Providers:
(use ctrl - mouse click to select multiple providers)
The NBII Program is administered by the Biological Informatics Program of the U.S. Geological Survey
![An alfalfa leafcutting bee [USDA ARS Photo, ALCB d1039-2, Retreived from http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=11414]](https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/nbii/20120113033421im_/http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_16137_1429_5646_43/http%3B/cbi-lap7.cbi.cr.usgs.gov%3B7097/publishedcontent/publish/geographic/southern_appalachian/invertebrates_pages/narrow_highlight_portlets/nbii_pollinators_site_highlight_portlet/highlights_content_nbii_pollinators_site_1.jpg)
