If anyone wants a paper to cite on this subject see the attached one [in German]. Ebmer uses smaller pins than most would recommend (00). These do bend easily...
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Gordon.Hutchings@...
Apr 16, 2013 5:47 pm
When I first started out, the glue we used was a paste made from resin and EtOH. I don't know if this is still around or used but I've sinced used white glue...
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H
hawki7
Apr 16, 2013 7:51 pm
Gordon- Looks like you have had lot of good comments. I tend to agree more with the folks using 1, 2, and 3's. Here are some of the trade off's and thoughts: -...
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Matthew Shepherd
matthew.shep...
Apr 16, 2013 8:06 pm
Voting to choose two new animals to be featured on Endangered Species Chocolate bars continues until Sunday. We asked for your support last week, and I wanted...
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Rob Irwin
robsbugs
Apr 16, 2013 10:41 pm
A survey crew in the Klamath mountains in California noticed a large number of solitary bees landing on their GPS receiving antenna. See the attached...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Apr 16, 2013 10:51 pm
... The resolution on the photo isn't good enough to tell what kind of bees they are, though they are clearly over 1 cm long, and not carpenter bees; as such,...
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Anita M. Collins
frozenbeedoc@...
Apr 17, 2013 1:41 am
I do know that honey bees are attracted to the black foam TV crews use to cover microphones. While filming any number of segments on Africanized honey bees,...
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Droege, Sam
sam_droege
Apr 18, 2013 2:55 pm
All: You might be interested in checking out the new biodiversity server at: http://bison.usgs.ornl.gov/# Allows you to do a variety of species searches,...
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Rob Irwin
robsbugs
Apr 22, 2013 5:31 pm
Attached is a pdf with better photos of these bees. Looks like /Halictus/ sp. Thanks so all the good comments. On the news that Bombus can use floral ...
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Carol Jelich
nyssa49
Apr 23, 2013 12:37 pm
I have a Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) in my garden and this is the first year that it has bloomed. It is covered with yellow blossoms. I...
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Robinson Wainwright S...
rsudan@...
Apr 23, 2013 12:52 pm
In my experience, large-bodied Bombus and Xylocopa seem to be attracted to it. And from a purely aesthetic point of view, I think it's a lovely plant. Sent...
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Cane, Jim
Jim.Cane@...
Apr 23, 2013 2:52 pm
Carol- the native blueberry pollinator, Habropoda laboriosa, is in your region, and will regularly use this plant for nectar if blueberry bloom is pending or...
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pollinator2001
Apr 23, 2013 3:43 pm
... I'm skeptical about the dead bees piling up. It is mildly toxic; but the worst I've seen is some dead brood, and that is only on the years when it has a...
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Matthew Shepherd
matthew.shep...
Apr 23, 2013 8:06 pm
Thank you to everybody who voted for the bumble bee in Endangered Species Chocolate's "Vote New Faces for New Flavors" campaign in response to the emails I...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 26, 2013 1:52 pm
... From: Peter Raven <Peter.Raven@...> Date: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:11 PM Subject: Science March 29, 2013 Perspectives: The Global Plight of ...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 26, 2013 1:54 pm
Dear Peter: Thank you for the paper and the articles. I have sent them to members of NAPPC and other organizations. Peter ... From: Peter Raven...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 26, 2013 3:29 pm
Here is some recent footage of our field project on Uvularia grandiflora. The video was taken by Dr Retha Meier (St. Louis University). Peter Bernhardt ...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 29, 2013 7:44 pm
Trust a British Economics magazine to publicize this old story. ... From: Donna Rodgers <Donna.Rodgers@...> Date: Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:29 AM Subject:...
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pollinator2001
May 1, 2013 1:30 am
... I watched the carpenter bees on my blueberries this spring (they bloomed early, and I did not observe any blueberry bees until the following week, when...
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Julie Tennis
julietennis@...
May 10, 2013 5:20 pm
Hello! I am going to the Netherlands in a few weeks and am hoping to see some native bees while I'm there. Does anyone on the list have experience with bees...
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Jack Neff
jlnatctmi
May 10, 2013 7:52 pm
Googling Dutch Bees produced this site: http://www.wildebijen.nl/beeguide.html It has lists of the 262  spp reported from the Netherlands.  Common names...
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Claus Rasmussen
alrunen
May 11, 2013 9:14 am
You should get this book, it is an excellent resource for the dutch bees (with maps, names and photographs although text is most dutch): ...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
May 16, 2013 7:32 pm
... From: De Angelis, Patricia <patricia_deangelis@...> Date: Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:38 AM Subject: [Pollinator] Fwd: Subject: Happy Endangered Species...
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Richard Orr
odonata457
May 18, 2013 12:13 pm
I took this short video yesterday at Fort Frederick State Park in Maryland. Does anyone have a clue as to what is going on with these Large Carpenter Bees? ...
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Edward Barrows
xylocopa8846
May 18, 2013 9:20 pm
It looks like about 5 female and 2 male Xylocopa virginica virginica. Hypothesis: Females were feeding on the goose dropping, possibly obtaining salt. Two...
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Shannon
s_rhutchinson
May 20, 2013 5:39 am
I am trying to identify the bees currently living in a pocket under the siding of our porch. I assumed they were carpenter bees, but they don't appear to have...
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Anita M. Collins
frozenbeedoc@...
May 20, 2013 1:30 pm
Did anyone catch last week's episode of Elementary? At the end of the show, Sherlock is sitting on the roof contemplating two VERY tall observation hives....
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Eli Wyman
eliswyman@...
12:12 am
What's EXTRA funny is that the props department guys came to us (Jerry Rozen, John Ascher, and myself) at the AMNH and asked us (mainly Jerry) for advice and...
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hadel go
hadelgo1
1:05 am
here's the dialogue if i heard correctly: Sherlock: You remember the rare bee I was given for proving that Jarold Lyden had been poisoned? Watson: The bee in...
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Brian Dykstra
beekeepbrian
1:44 am
About the Sherlock Homes Bee(s): Anita, Eli and others, The show ending was far some scientifically accurate. This collage is not Osmia avosetta, but is a...
