NYPD resident 'bee expert' Anthony Planakis ( he states that he learned bee handling from his father) vacumed up approx 15,000 workers and their queen...
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Drons, David J
David.Drons@...
Jun 4, 2010 9:34 pm
Hello all, I am currently several weeks into a native bee inventory of the Black Hills in South Dakota. For part of the collecting I am following Mr. Droege's...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Jun 4, 2010 11:58 pm
... We have a large number of Krylon-painted bowls, and the ones that have been in storage are fine. The ones that have been sitting out roasting in the sun...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Jun 5, 2010 11:36 am
David: Andrew is right we haven't had the problem you mentioned with fragile bowls and have used many of our bowls for years. We do at times have fading...
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Drons, David J
David.Drons@...
Jun 5, 2010 2:25 pm
The bowls I have been using are new to me, how long they were sitting around the food service location I purchased them from is anybody's guess. They have...
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Drons, David J
David.Drons@...
Jun 5, 2010 2:56 pm
The Krylon paints that were used are supposed to be formulated for plastics. I have finished painting my supply of bowls, so I'll see how this summers bowl...
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Joan Milam
joan_milam
Jun 7, 2010 6:47 pm
On 1 May 2010 I caught a female Osmia taurus in a bee bowl in western Massachusetts (Montague, MA). Sam Droege confirmed the identification and mentioned that...
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karen@...
Jun 7, 2010 7:10 pm
I use Krylon fusion white as the primer, it is specially formulated to bind to plastic. Cheers, karen>...
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hawki7
Jun 7, 2010 7:53 pm
Terry and I have notice that some of our most recently painted bowls were cracking after one use or notice at the time of filling with soapy water. We ...
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barbara.abraham@...
Jun 7, 2010 9:53 pm
Joan, This is not a northern record, but I think I have found it at Mountain Lake Biological Station in Giles Co., Va. Sam has not seen it yet. Can you tell...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Jun 15, 2010 2:01 pm
All: A single slot opened up for the week of July 5th bee ID course in West Virginia. Contact me if you are interested. sam Sam Droege sdroege@... w...
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Sandra_Lary@...
Jun 15, 2010 4:07 pm
I will be out of the office starting 06/12/2010 and will not return until 07/12/2010. I will respond to your message when I return....
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Hall, H Glenn
hgh@...
Jun 15, 2010 7:13 pm
I found that cups do tend to get brittle after a couple of years use, particularly the white ones. I also had trouble with spray paint dissolving the cup...
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David_r_smith@...
Jun 15, 2010 11:37 pm
Hi All, I use the 12 oz stadium cup method here in Arizona. I use the Krylon plastic primer first then spray the fluorescent yellow and blue on the cups. I...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Jun 17, 2010 8:30 pm
Dear Colleagues: The recent messages indicate it looks like a number of us will be interviewed during pollinator week. May I make a suggestion? Now is the ...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Jun 19, 2010 9:43 pm
Peter: This is an interesting thought. I would add this question. Are perhaps males more effective pollinators in some circumstances since they retain the...
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wayne_millington@...
Jun 20, 2010 2:04 am
I will be out of the office starting Fri 06/18/2010 and will not return until Tue 06/29/2010. I will respond to your message when I return....
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Dave Green
pollinator2001
Jun 20, 2010 3:51 pm
My impression was just the opposite. Males stopping to take an occasional sip of nectar for energy, would not make near as much contact with the pollen as the...
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Richardson, Leif
leifrichardson
Jun 21, 2010 12:34 pm
Hello, I have been interested in this topic too. A few other thoughts. Male bumblebees do not sonicate Vaccinium, Rosa, Cassia, Geum, Solanum, etc. They remove...
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barbara.abraham@...
Jun 21, 2010 12:46 pm
All, Last October Sam Droege sent some information on Ohio State's site, http://specimage.osu.edu. When I went to the site, I found that it requires a...
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nancy lee adamson
anancylee
Jun 21, 2010 4:39 pm
Looks like you can bypass the password. Click on List Specimen Images under General on the left side, then click on the thumbnails to get a full-sized image....
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nancy lee adamson
anancylee
Jun 21, 2010 4:52 pm
My apologies. Looks like my access was a fluke, so if you can help Barbara, and the rest of us, to access Specimage, please do. Nancy...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Jun 22, 2010 1:16 pm
All: We will be testing a new (for us) bee trap this year. This involves a large circular pan (e.g., cut out bottom of a bucket), and a plexiglass/lucite...
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Robert Jean
beeman_4602
Jun 22, 2010 9:13 pm
All, A collegue of mine from OSU said to try Dr. John Winzel (wenzel.12@...).  He is the museum director of the Museum of Biodiversity at OSU if she...
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Stoner, Kimberly
Kimberly.Stoner@...
Jun 24, 2010 3:15 pm
Dear Pollinator lists, The state legislature in New Hampshire is considering funding a study of "the use of pesticides, herbicides, and their alternatives in...
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Vincent Tepedino
Vince.Tepedino@...
Jun 24, 2010 10:58 pm
It seems to me that this is a far more complicated question than we presently have the data to resolve and that we ought to be up front about it. I believe...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Jun 24, 2010 11:22 pm
... We could probably be safe in saying that the situations in which males might be *superior* to females are rare, even allowing for specialized cases such as...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Jun 24, 2010 11:27 pm
As I was typing the previous message, someone came in with a long-lost pile of reprints of the following: Timberlake, P.H. (1980) Supplementary Studies on the...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Jun 25, 2010 2:12 pm
Dear Vince and Doug: This is interesting but the whole point of my original message was that it's time for us to help the public understand that the honeybee...
