Occurrence of Cuban bee throughout more than a century (125 years) of data

This database contains information on Cuban bees from historical collections of six natural history museums: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba, Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática (Havana, Cuba), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, American Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, Kansas University, Natural History Museum, Kansas from three countries. In addition, it includes information from collections made by the first author between 2018-2024, from the bibliography and online databases, with information from other institutions: Ontario, Toronto, York University, Packer Collection, Florida, Gainesville, Division of Plant Industry, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Cornell University Insect Collection, Illinois Natural History Survey, National Museum of Natural History and Museum of Comparative Zoology. The database includes 1322 records, of which 1067 are new records, of bees from various localities in the Cuban provinces of Havana, Mayabeque and Artemisa. Fiftytwo species distributed in 23 genera and 4 families were recorded. For these species, the database provides information on ecology, biogeographic distribution and the museum where the specimens are kept. Coordinates (GPS) from a single point are provided for the 117 localities where species were recorded.