The purpose of this group is to disseminate information and foster discussions regarding the inventory and monitoring of bees as well as their identification
All: The parasitic Hymenoptera USDA group ran a study of color preferences of Hymenoptera in bowl traps a couple of springs ago. They gave me the 8600 bees
Thanks to everyone for all the great information on pollen collection! Diane ******************************************* Diane L. Larson Research Biologist
Sam and all, I don't have too much more to add that others haven't already mentioned. But I will put a plug in for using individual vials to collect bees from
Thanks Jack: I was thinking that Doug's technique sounds useful, but you would need to know if you had sampled that bee already (at least that day) or not but
Sam: Â I also have marked many bees of varying sizes with fast drying enamels and paint pens. I found it easier said than done. Being a clutz, I regularly