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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Hydrangea, Actaea, Rhododendron, Tilia and Laportea were prominent in midsummer pollen samples

Taxon: HydrangeaHydrangeae1
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise2pollinator
Outcome: prominente1

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“Bombus affinis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 101–115

e2
“pollen collected by B. affinis workers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 451–489

e1
“The plant genera Hydrangea , Actaea , Rhododendron , Tilia , and (unexpectedly) Laportea were prominent in midsummer samples”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 907–1031

Title

The Appalbees menu: a multiyear, multilocus metagenetic assessment of pollen foraging by Appalachian Bombus affinis workers

Robert S. Cornman; Mark J. Hepner; Clint R.V. Otto PeerJ 2026. doi:10.7717/peerj.20284

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Observation Rubus was a consistent forage contributor in late spring and early summer
Observation Securigera and Trifolium were detected before the Hydrangea bloom and again in late summer
Method / resource ITS2 detected more plant diversity than ITS1 in pollen metabarcoding
Observation Forage plant diversity was highest in late summer, driven by Asteraceae
Observation Forage plants differ regionally between Appalachia and the upper Midwest

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Rubus was a consistent forage contributor in late spring and early summer

Taxon: RubusRubuse3
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise2pollinator
Outcome: consistent contributore3

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t0
“Bombus affinis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 101–115

e2
“pollen collected by B. affinis workers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 451–489

e3
“with Rubus a consistent contributor in late spring and early summer”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1033–1100

Title

The Appalbees menu: a multiyear, multilocus metagenetic assessment of pollen foraging by Appalachian Bombus affinis workers

Robert S. Cornman; Mark J. Hepner; Clint R.V. Otto PeerJ 2026. doi:10.7717/peerj.20284

Other claims from this paper (5)

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Securigera and Trifolium were detected before the Hydrangea bloom and again in late summer

Taxon: Securigera and TrifoliumTrifoliumSecurigerae4
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise2pollinator
Outcome: were detectede4
Qualifier: before the Hydrangea bloom and again in late summer afterwardse4

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t0
“Bombus affinis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 101–115

e2
“pollen collected by B. affinis workers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 451–489

e4
“the genera Securigera and Trifolium were detected before the Hydrangea bloom and again in late summer afterwards”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1163–1275

Title

The Appalbees menu: a multiyear, multilocus metagenetic assessment of pollen foraging by Appalachian Bombus affinis workers

Robert S. Cornman; Mark J. Hepner; Clint R.V. Otto PeerJ 2026. doi:10.7717/peerj.20284

Other claims from this paper (5)

Observation Hydrangea, Actaea, Rhododendron, Tilia and Laportea were prominent in midsummer pollen samples
Observation Rubus was a consistent forage contributor in late spring and early summer
Method / resource ITS2 detected more plant diversity than ITS1 in pollen metabarcoding
Observation Forage plant diversity was highest in late summer, driven by Asteraceae
Observation Forage plants differ regionally between Appalachia and the upper Midwest

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Forage plant diversity was highest in late summer, driven by Asteraceae

Taxon: AsteraceaeAsteraceaee7
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise2pollinator
Outcome: diversity of forage plantse7
Setting: late summere7

Verbatim

t0
“Bombus affinis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 101–115

e2
“pollen collected by B. affinis workers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 451–489

e7
“The diversity of forage plants was highest in late summer, driven primarily by various genera of Asteraceae”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1277–1384

Title

The Appalbees menu: a multiyear, multilocus metagenetic assessment of pollen foraging by Appalachian Bombus affinis workers

Robert S. Cornman; Mark J. Hepner; Clint R.V. Otto PeerJ 2026. doi:10.7717/peerj.20284

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

DNA metabarcoding detected more plant taxa than light microscopy in pollen of Bombus affinis.

Taxon: plant taxae1
Interactor: Bombus affinisBombus affinist0pollinator
Outcome: plant taxae1
Direction: moree1
Comparator: light microscopye1

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“DNA metabarcoding detected more plant taxa than light microscopy”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1152–1216

t0
“Bombus affinis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 122–136

Title

Comparison of microscopy and metabarcoding to identify pollen used by the critically endangered rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis

Michael P. Simanonok; Deborah D. Iwanowicz; Clayton D. Raines; et al. Insect Conservation and Diversity 2022. doi:10.1111/icad.12622

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Method / resource Correspondence between metabarcoding and microscopy was minimal.
Method / resource Discrepancy between the two methods decreased when taxa were binned into ecologically relevant groups.
Observation Binning gave smaller within-method variance.
Method / resource In many instances, light microscopy identified pollen only to tribe or family.
Method / resource DNA barcoding had higher taxonomic resolution than light microscopy.

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Bombus affinis was a pollen-collecting floral visitor of Sarracenia purpurea.

Taxon: Sarracenia purpureaSarracenia purpureat0
Interactor: Bombus affinisBombus affinise0pollinator
Outcome: collected pollene0

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“The bees Bombus affinis and Augochlorella aurata and the fly Fletcherimyia fletcheri were the only floral visitors to S. purpurea that collected pollen”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 592–743

t0
“Sarracenia purpurea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 34–53

Title

Limits to reproductive success of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae)

Gidi Ne'eman; Rina Ne'eman; Aaron M. Ellison American Journal of Botany 2006. doi:10.3732/ajb.93.11.1660

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Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis did not affect plant fertility.

Taxon: DICENTRA CUCULLARIADicentra cucullariat0
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise5other
Outcome: plant fertilitye5
Qualifier: did not affecte5

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t0
“THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF DICENTRA CUCULLARIA”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–46

e5
“Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis nectar‐foraging queens did not affect plant fertility, and this behavior was related only in part to forager tongue length”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 871–1031

Title

THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF DICENTRA CUCULLARIA

Lazarus Walter Macior American Journal of Botany 1970. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1970.tb09785.x

Other claims from this paper (8)

Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis was related only in part to forager tongue length.

Taxon: DICENTRA CUCULLARIADicentra cucullariat0
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise5other
Outcome: Nectar spur perforatione5
Qualifier: related only in part to forager tongue lengthe5

Not reportedDirection

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t0
“THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF DICENTRA CUCULLARIA”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–46

e5
“Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis nectar‐foraging queens did not affect plant fertility, and this behavior was related only in part to forager tongue length”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 871–1031

Title

THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF DICENTRA CUCULLARIA

Lazarus Walter Macior American Journal of Botany 1970. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1970.tb09785.x

Other claims from this paper (8)

Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis queens did not affect Dicentra cucullaria plant fertility.

Taxon: Dicentra cucullariaDicentra cucullariat0
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise7pollinator
Outcome: plant fertilitye7
Qualifier: nectar spur perforation by B. affinise7

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e7
“Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis nectar-foraging queens did not affect plant fertility”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 871–962

t0
“Dicentra cucullaria”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 27–46

Title

The Pollination Ecology of Dicentra cucullaria

Lazarus Walter Macior American Journal of Botany 1970. doi:10.2307/2440374

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Bombus affinis perforated over 90% of nectar spurs on wild plants.

Taxon: AquilegiaAquilegiat0
Organ / stage: flowers at full anthesise0
Interactor: Bombus affinis CressonBombus affinise0pollinator
Outcome: perforated more than 90% of 2173 nectar spurse0
Value: more than 90%e0

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“Bombus affinis Cresson perforated more than 90% of 2173 nectar spurs of flowers at full anthesis on wild plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 241–352

t0
“Aquilegia”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 65–74

Title

Foraging Behavior of Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Relation to Aquilegia Pollination

Lazarus Walter Macior American Journal of Botany 1966. doi:10.2307/2439803

Other claims from this paper (9)

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