All: I am just back from a marathon collecting trip to South Carolina and Florida. During that time I put out about 1400 bee bowls and came up with several...
Dear All, I'm working on some models of bumble bee population dynamics and would like to test them against some real data sets. We are looking for data sets...
Gretchen, Peter Scott and I have a three year data set on the bees of the black oak savannas in northern Indiana if you are interested. We are currently...
All: I have put together a brief evaluation of the species/genera patterns of our past captures of native bees in bowls and while netting. That summary is...
All: Recently I was looking at hair dryers in the drug store. I was struck by the Conair Ionshine whose literature states: "How do ions affect the hair? Ions...
Hello All! I am working on pollination syndromes. I want to measure flower colors. Is there any colour measuring instrument or any clour measuring chart in...
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Leo Shapiro
lshapiro@...
Jul 8, 2007 1:15 pm
Check out the work of Lars Chittka, if you are not already familiar with it:http://www.biology.qmul.ac.uk/research/staff/chittka/chittkalab/index.html has many...
See page 58 of Techniques for Pollination Biologists. Which recommends: http://www.rhs.org.uk/Learning/publications/pubs_library_colourchart.asp David Inouye ...
All: Attached is a summary of a bee survey that the National Botanic Garden Staff and volunteers did in Bartholdi Park a densly planted garden next to the...
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Leslie Saul
lsaul@...
Jul 11, 2007 11:48 am
Hi Sam, Thanks very much for this. I have been wondering whether Habropoda and Anthophora come readily to the bowls since some localities in Utah have caught...
Leslie: Both those genera are generally uncommon in our area, but do appear both in bowls and while netting. At this point I can't say that one or the other...
All: Attached is a summary of the bees found in the late summer and fall of 2006 at the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina. Similar...
All: Attached is a file containing the results of bowl and net captures of native bees found at Timber Ridge Camp along the Cacapon River in Hampshire County....
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David_r_smith@...
Jul 13, 2007 3:37 pm
Sam, You are as bad as I am collecting aquatic insects when I am on vacation with family. I got six new "lifer" stonefly genera in Oregon a week ago. When...
Hello All! A bee is presented for identification. it is collected from Punjab, Pakistan. Please help me to find out its species. Best Regards Asif Sajjad...
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Malinda Slagle
malinda.slagle@...
Jul 20, 2007 1:33 pm
Hi all- I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the Nosema ceranae parasite that supposedly is affecting Spanish honeybee hives ...
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frozenbeedoc@...
Jul 20, 2007 4:35 pm
Dear Group, I've been talking to members of the colony collapse disorder research coallition of Penn State, USDA, ARS Beltsville, and North Carolina State U....
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David_r_smith@...
Aug 2, 2007 5:37 pm
I am new to the native bee monitoring world so please bear with me on a basic entomological question. Most of my previous monitoring work is on aquatic...
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beemonitoring@yahoogr...
Aug 12, 2007 3:19 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the beemonitoring group. File : /Bee...
Hello Sam! Please guide me about any good digital camera. I want to take snaps of bees sitting on flowers from a considrable distance so that its activitiy may...
I also hvae been looking for a good digital camera, but I have no problem getting up close, please let us both know if you can suggest something. Asif Sajjad...
I can recommend the following as a high-send solution: a digital SLR camera with a good macro lens and a flash system. In specific, I use Nikon D200, a Nikon...
All: My lab will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on September 19th to anyone who wants to identify specimens of bees (from eastern North America) or learn to...
I want to try to come, It would be nice if I could Drag Dan with me, but I doubt he will make it, I will confirm if I am going \also where can I get the bee...
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C. Vispo
fep@...
Aug 30, 2007 12:10 am
Thanks Sam, I don't think we'll make it for the 19th, but we have had a relatively good collecting year, and Martin has been working away on ID's. (Always...
Sam open lab sound good but I will be on travel. Caroline and I or off to Turkey and a few days in Brussels. Mike Feil getmikie@... ... From: Sam Droege...
Sam, Put me on the list for the 19th. I can work on some of the harder Assateague bees that I got this year. Richard Orr Mid-Atlantic Invertebrate Field...
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David_r_smith@...
Aug 30, 2007 4:32 pm
Sam, I will be helping teach a course at the FWS NCTC in Shepherdstown that week and can possibly sneak away in the afternoon. I might take you up on staying...
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Karen Wetherill
karen@...
Sep 10, 2007 7:10 pm
Dave, I have been working on bees in New Mexico. Our ranges probably overlap quite a bit. I am working out of the Sevilleta. So far I have a local key to...
