The primary purpose of this agreement is to provide development and maintenance for the collection, management, and distribution of data for the aphis national honey BEE pests and diseases survey…

The primary purpose of this agreement is to provide development and maintenance for the collection, management, and distribution of data for the aphis national honey BEE pests and diseases survey (NHBS). The NHBS collects data from beekeeper participants and from lab diagnostics about the beekeepers' colonies. There is a need to continuously maintain the database in which these data are stored and to improve the experience of all those users that interact with these data. Researchers, beekeepers, inspectors, and others around the nation input data, manage data, distribute data, download data, and import data into graphs, reports, presentations, and websites for various audiences. The primary goal of this project is to create a user-friendly interface for various users to input and/or use NHBS data by 1) developing and maintaining data sharing mechanism to connect NHBS data to the USDA pollinator data portal that is under development; 2) developing web-based data entry forms for aphis sampling (complimenting the BIP mobile APP); and 3) improving accessibility of NHBS data.