Dear Colleagues: Drs. M. Arduser, Retha Meier and I are completing a three-year study on the pollination of the threatened wildflower, Physaria filiforme...
Hi all, Can anyone identify the bees in these photos? I'm working remotely with a blueberry grower (Dan Eiser, Blueberries on the Buffalo Farm in Tennessee) on...
For those who are interested in honeybees swarming, these are from Norfolk, VA. Barbara J. Abraham, Ph.D. Associate Professor SEEDS Ecology Chapter Advisor ...
All: I have been running a series of small bowl experiments looking at a number of properties of bowls. Looking back on the many such experiments I have run,...
All: We have just put up a video on how to pin bees. The specific url for that clip is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2F8LBQV5L0 Or just go through our...
All: We had a couple of spelling errors in our original video and put up a new version...not recalling that this means it also has a new URL...sorry for the...
1. For those of you having trouble finding Krylon fluorescent paint, it turns out that Ace Hardware brand fluorescent paint is made by Krylon. So Ace brand is...
All: We have given up on our fancy new video software which seem to dislike my computer and gone back to making videos with Windows Movie Maker. Here is the...
All: We have continued to test out long-term traps using glycol and one possibility was to use Styrofoam cups (Cheap, environmentally a bit greener). Well...
Chia (Salvia hispanica) is a promising pollinator provider and cover crop. We need trials under a variety of growing conditions to see what its full potential...
Hello all, we're assessing bee diversity in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia--where Canada's one and only cactus (Opuntia fragilis) is an important...
Dear Colleagues: Have you seen this? Ryan and Kingsley, have you put those Caladenia labella under that wonderful SEM in your lab? Peter ... From: Neal Smith...
Hello all, I hope this email finds everyone well. My name is Jen Frye and I am a biologist at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in the Natural ...
Hi everyone, Paul Williams, Leif Richardson and I are working on species pages for each of the bumble bees of the eastern US for the Pollinator Partnership....
I guess there will always be bee murder going on, as long as people's first response to nature is to kill it! Barbara J. Abraham, Ph.D. Associate Professor ...
Good morning everyone, Please be aware that the model # P325W-0001 has been discontinued and replaced with model # P325W-0007 from the Solo Cup Company. ...
Dear All, There is a graduate student in my department who is interested in doing some pollination ecology work as part of her dissertation. I, myself, have...
I am an undergraduate Biology student at Warren Wilson College near Asheville, NC. I am embarking on my capstone research project that I will be working on...
Dear Dr. Kettle: Thanks you for the message. I am sending a copy of it to the members of NAPPC (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign). Dr. Meier and...
All: Has anyone had any experience using denatonium benzoate mixed with propylene glycol to repel mammals from drinking the glycol in a trap? Apparently,...
Hello everyone, I congratulate and thank you for all the information shared through this group and that is very useful as articles, links, videos, tools,...
All: The announcement below was just sent to my by James Gibbs. I have used versions of the program below for over 10 years now and this latest version is...
All: A new version of the Very Handy Bee Manual is now online, replacing the version of June 2009. This manual provides guidance on the capture, monitoring,...
All: I forgot to mention in the BIML update that our new favorite pinning tool is parchment paper. Parchment paper is something rather new (at least to me)...
USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Update Osmia hyperborea = O. laticeps Molly Rightmyer and Mike Arduser alerted me to the fact that Osmia ...
