carve the label in spanglish, in marble. you have no other option. and make sure 8 people watch you do it. i just cant trust anything else.... ... -- Dr....
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Aug 22, 2011 11:23 pm
... Has anyone tested how well 2D matrices hold up over time, or what happens if the printer starts to get low on toner? We've noticed that even a high-end...
1745
H
hawki7
Aug 22, 2011 10:35 pm
All- sorry for the late addition to this discussion but I've been avoiding it as much as I've been thinking about it.. Here at the Bee Lab [Logan] we have used...
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Julianna Tuell
tuelljul
Aug 20, 2011 6:32 pm
Sorry to disappoint anybody here, but it turns out the specimen from Beaver Island collected here in Michigan is really the tri-colored bumble bee, B....
1743
John S. Ascher
limon_cocha
Aug 19, 2011 8:29 pm
I agree that the largest Centris (and the largest Centridini) should be in subgenus Ptilotopus (treated as a genus by Snelling in his revision). I just...
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Jack Neff
jlnatctmi
Aug 19, 2011 6:49 pm
According to the description, Centris (Ptilotopus) americana (Klug) is up to 36 mm long (as C. bombiformis Spin.) which may make it the centridine champ. Â All...
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Arthur V. Evans
arthurevans@...
Aug 19, 2011 6:01 pm
Sam, According to Michener, the largest species of Centris is in the subgenus Ptilotopus (12 spp.) and measures in at 32 mm. This should narrow it down a bit! ...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 19, 2011 5:41 pm
All We just got a query about what the largest Centris bee in the world might be....are there any obvious candidates? Thanks sam ...
1739
Hall, H Glenn
hgh@...
Aug 15, 2011 10:55 pm
Jim, He is at Georgia Southern [jpascarella@...]. Glenn From: beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com [mailto:beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
1738
Cane, Jim
Jim.Cane@...
Aug 15, 2011 10:24 pm
Folks- does anyone know where John went after Valdosta State Univ? Their helpful secretary merely replied: "He no longer works here". I'd like to email him,...
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Nicholas Stewart
nick.s2art
Aug 15, 2011 7:31 pm
I reiterate Barbara's succinct statement - THANK YOU!! This w/ *DiscoverLife, 'Bees of Florida' *and *McGinely's 'Studies of Halictinae (Apoidea: Halictidae),...
1736
Laurence Packer
laurencepacker@...
Aug 15, 2011 3:41 pm
This is very interesting and very important - given the number of almost extinct organisms that remain on small islands! I do not know this place at all, is...
1735
Julianna Tuell
tuelljul
Aug 15, 2011 3:37 pm
Hello - just wanted to share some interesting news about one of the bumble bee species that has been of concern lately here in the eastern US. My colleague,...
1734
Alex Surcica
aps15@...
Aug 14, 2011 9:54 pm
Good evening, bee enthusiasts: I'm currently working on developing a bee-and-wasp field guide for the NE region that will be used by farmers and the general...
1733
Drons, David J
David.Drons@...
Aug 14, 2011 8:20 pm
Hi all, I have finally got around to putting up a site for my bee photos. I am currently working on an inventory of native bees in the Black Hills of SD, and...
1732
Daniel Kjar
kjard_us
Aug 13, 2011 2:04 pm
I have been searching for quite a while to find a cheap, simple, small, gps that just gives you lat and long and doesn't do anything else. I need something...
1731
Brent_Steury@...
Aug 12, 2011 2:02 pm
I will be out of the office starting 08/11/2011 and will not return until 08/22/2011. In case of emergencies call 703-289-2542...
1730
Derek Sikes
dssikes@...
Aug 12, 2011 11:18 am
A few comments from our system in the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection: 1. space: we use California Academy unit trays and in a square tray can...
1729
Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 6, 2011 2:12 am
All Since more people are using barcodes in their work I thought I would add a couple of things that make that using barcode systems easier for us.... 1. Set...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Aug 5, 2011 11:49 pm
... Hmm. There are two things that your comments raise in my mind: (A) we also use Bartender, but someone, somewhere, told us originally (I was not directly...
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Griswold, Terry
terry.griswold@...
Aug 5, 2011 8:12 pm
Just to add to the conversation, there are definite issues in space required to house coded specimens. We are generating labels that are approx. 9x17mm with a...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Aug 5, 2011 6:40 pm
... At the risk of being exposed to public ridicule, I generally suggest, to anyone who asks me, that bar code systems should be avoided unless some VERY...
1725
Julianna Tuell
tuelljul
Aug 5, 2011 1:38 pm
Hello All, I am looking for reviews and/or suggestions for the most user-friendly bar or scan-code system for helping to inventory an insect collection. If...
1724
Matthew Shepherd
matthew.shep...
Aug 5, 2011 1:04 pm
... Cheryl, On a couple of occasions, I've seen halictid bees nesting in the stable bare soil of old gopher mounds. One of my local suburban greenspaces has...
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Charley Eiseman
charleyeiseman
Aug 4, 2011 4:51 pm
Hi Sam, Didn't know that trick--I'll have to try that next time I come across mysterious bee burrows. I'm sure the ants made the mounds--there is a mention of...
1722
Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 4, 2011 4:29 pm
Charley: Very interesting. Do you know the trick of upending clear drinking glasses over the nest holes to see who might home in those burrows? Also do you...
1721
Charley Eiseman
charleyeiseman
Aug 4, 2011 3:55 pm
This spring I saw a number of *Lasioglossum* bees nesting in a *Formica* ant mound (as discussed here: http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/bee-burrows/),...
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Cheryl Fimbel
cfimbel@...
Aug 4, 2011 3:39 pm
Is anyone aware of the use of pocket gopher or mole mounds (the mounds of dirt they push up onto the surface) by bees in any way? Thank you, Cheryl Fimbel ...
1719
Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Aug 3, 2011 5:55 pm
... For this reason, we do not database locality data for any reared or inspector-intercepted specimens *unless* we know the locality of the source population...
1718
Griswold, Terry
terry.griswold@...
Aug 3, 2011 4:08 pm
John, Sam, We have records of Megachile apicalis from CA, and from golf courses in OR & southern WA. We have no field caught records from UT or anywhere else...
