While mark–recapture experiments are often hampered by low recapture rates, density dependence, and logistical constraints (Mola and Williams 2019), they can help us understand short‐term local movement patterns (Dorchin et al. 2013) and fidelity (Ogilvie and Thomson 2016) of highly mobile organisms like bees. For females, the recapture rate was 0.20 [0.11, 0.37] with a vague prior for survival rates, and 0.20 [0.11, 0.36] with an informative prior for survival rates (Table 2). The standard deviation of the three random effects for recapture rates indicates the variation in recapture rates among trap nights, sites, and individuals.