Hello, Three more Western US groups have been completed. They are the Protodufourea, Sphecodosoma and Xeralictus, all of which are members of the subfamily...
Dear Friends and Orchid Colleagues: Some of you know that I flew to Cairns (Queensland) following the International Botanical Congress and stayed with my old...
All This Mediterranean species was first seen in downtown Philadelphia in 2005 and subsequently in Suburban DC, then Baltimore, and just this past week in...
Dear Bee-Friendly People, I photographed a pink protrusion on a bumblebee yesterday - see attached photo, and various local and national bee people suggested I...
Hello, This is another set of characters that have been added to the bee genera identification guide of the DiscoverLife system, which may be found here: ...
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...
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....
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
All: I am wrapping up a paper on the bees of Baltimore Harbor, from collections made last year. I reported on this a while back. One of the interesting things...
All: I consider the proper identification of bees to be the greatest bottleneck and greatest expense of ANY bee project. It is simply a difficult task and,...
All We did a series of experiments as did another researcher on using hand steamers on bees to resurrect matted and dirty hair... We failed in all cases and I...
I am posting this query for Robert Dugenske who is working on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta this summer. Rob asks' "I have been having a tough time sampling for...
Thank you Sam and Jason!!! Barbara J Abraham, PhD Associate Professor of Biology SEEDS Chapter Advisor Department of Biological Sciences Hampton University ...
All: As you know one of the taxonomic superheros of North America is Jason Gibbs who, with the temerity of a Wolverine, has clawed through the morass of...
As many of you know, we've been establishing a Pollinator Sanctuary and Garden here in South Carolina. I've been covering some of this with the Old Drone blog...
A Summary of Relative Capture Rates of Bees in Bowls and Those Caught While Netting Using Selected Data from the USGS BIML Laboratory Internet Age Executive...
Thanks, Wedge! Additional information: The recent sample I referred to was placed along a road where there were some (not abundant) flowering herbs and large,...
