The Johns Hopkins University Press is curently offering Charles D. Michener's The Bees of the World (2007 second edition) at a 58% discount, reduced from...
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Peter L Borst
peterlborst
Mar 18, 2011 11:41 am
Hi all I have been doing research with the idea of writing an article on insect/flower coevolution. (I am a frequent contributor to the American Bee Journal)....
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nativebeesdotcom
nativebeesdo...
Mar 18, 2011 1:01 pm
Peter, The work of Lars Chittka, a scientist from the UK, is a scientist worth studying. Some of the most interesting research on coevolution of flowers and...
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Peter L Borst
peterlborst
Mar 18, 2011 6:50 pm
... I have accumulated 70 papers on the subject, including the special issue of Philosophical Transactions B entitled 'Darwin and the evolution of flowers'...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Mar 19, 2011 1:27 am
All Below is an article that seems to be making its way through the state agriculture agencies... and likely elsewhere. I found several of the statements in...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Mar 19, 2011 3:30 pm
All: We just had 2 people have to drop out of the bee identification course in WV for the week of April 11. If you are interested in taking the class email and...
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Cane, Jim
Jim.Cane@...
Mar 21, 2011 3:42 pm
Sam and others- this seems to me to be a well-reasoned, objective article for a systemic insecticide whose convincing yet contradictory evidence for impacts on...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Mar 22, 2011 2:35 pm
Dear Colleagues: This paper was published as part of a Festschrift for my friend, the late, Dr Surrey Jacobs. He had a wonderful sense of humor and this...
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Howlett, Anita
anitahowlett
Mar 23, 2011 2:36 pm
THANK YOU so much for posting the paper. I will add the overall theme of Size does Matter (co-evolution is often distinct) to my nature and botanical tours. ...
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Kimberly N. Russell
krussell@...
Mar 26, 2011 12:06 pm
Dear All, I am asking for recommendations of plant species that could be used for a pollination study. In short, I want to use potted plants to compare bee...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Mar 26, 2011 1:12 pm
All: This past year the BIML lab was involved in a number of bee projects throughout the U.S. One in National Parks on Climate Change in Dune and High...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Mar 26, 2011 1:12 pm
Forgot to include the following map of locations... sam Sam Droege sdroege@... w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5624 USGS Patuxent Wildlife...
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Peter L Borst
peterlborst
Mar 26, 2011 1:16 pm
Hi all I am continuing to explore coevolution with the aim of assembling clear evidence that pollinators are adapted to the plants they pollinate. It is fairly...
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Mary.G.Douglass@...
Mar 26, 2011 2:01 pm
I will be out of the office starting 03/24/2011 and will not return until 04/04/2011....
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David Inouye
dwinouye
Mar 27, 2011 3:56 pm
Here's a list of papers that you might look at because they address the idea of coevolution and pollination. David Inouye Adler, L. S. 2003. Host species...
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Charley Eiseman
charleyeiseman
Mar 28, 2011 1:26 am
Hi all, Below are a couple of curious posts to www.BugGuide.net depicting leafcutter bee nests that seem to have been constructed in the open, rather than in ...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Mar 28, 2011 2:30 pm
Dear Dr. Majka: Out of curiosity, is Asclera rufficollis found in Maine? Back in 1975 (while working on my Masters at the S.U.N.Y. at Brockport I found this ...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Mar 28, 2011 4:07 pm
All: We continue to explore ways of tracking changes in bee populations, but are moving more and more towards advocating 3 primary approaches for North ...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Mar 28, 2011 4:19 pm
... I'm willing to go out on a limb and state that it is impossible for a Megachile to construct a cell without it being in an enclosed space; there is simply...
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Jack Neff
jlnatctmi
Mar 28, 2011 4:39 pm
Doug: I have seen stacks of freestanding, cells of Megachile brevis constructed in a the large cavity of an electrical switch box so at least some Megachile...
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Chris McDonald
cjmcdonald@...
Mar 28, 2011 6:11 pm
I have seen a Megachile construct nests inside a cinderblock wall. Well I didn't exactly see inside the wall (as per my lack of x-ray goggles) nor did I tear...
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Howlett, Anita
anitahowlett
Mar 29, 2011 10:41 pm
So, I tried the hand sanitizer specimen technique that was posted here a few weeks ago (I think it was here). I used Purell brand, (62% Ethyl Alcohol) and a...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Mar 29, 2011 10:54 pm
All: I had an inquiry regarding any possible models for Animal Care and Use Procedures that may be in place for working with bees. I was unaware of any as...
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Elena Tartaglia
etartag@...
Mar 30, 2011 12:19 am
Interesting. I had this problem for some of my specimens but not others. All had been preserved in alcohol prior to when I put them into the hand sanitizer. I...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Mar 30, 2011 12:55 am
Carbomer is the gelling agent and it is very sensitive to salts and changes in pH. Salts in particular cause the gel matrix to liquify. We seem to have good...
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Mary_Willeford_Bair@...
ladybugspec
Mar 30, 2011 8:03 am
I will be out of the office starting 03/29/2011 and will not return until 04/12/2011. I will respond to your message when I return. If you need to report a...
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franklinweaver
Mar 31, 2011 7:01 pm
I captured a picture of a bee at my cactus research site in South Texas and was hoping someone could help me with the Identification. The flower that you see...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Mar 31, 2011 7:55 pm
... Hi. That's not a bee. That is a Nemestrinid fly in the genus Neorhynchocephalus, which is a pretty rare sight. Their larvae are internal parasites that...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Mar 31, 2011 8:42 pm
Dear Mr Weaver: Another thing about nemestrinids. The native species of southern Africa are extremely important as pollinators of native wildflowers...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Apr 1, 2011 12:36 am
All: We have just posted 3 new How-to videos. 1. How to make a propylene glycol native bee trap holder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x87CXM7mq54 Cost = about...
