Hi all, Bees are part of our daily life. Their products are 100% natural food or medicine: honey, pollen, royal jelly, wax, bee venom etc. Considering the...
Hi All: Attached is a file with detailed information about the 13 Andrena species in the subgenus Trachandrena. We have found this group to be confusing, as...
Great examples across the country of replacing unsightly mixed vegetation on vacant lots with beautiful and bee-friendly meadows. Catherine Zimmerman has a...
All: I just received the email below regarding oaks roles in Longleaf Pine ecosystems... I general I would think that oaks themselves are of minor importance....
A colleague sent this link to me. I can't view it on my current system. Peter ... From: Susan Spencer <sspencer@...> Date: Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:52 PM ...
Folks- below is the definitive answer from Molly Rightmyer who is working with Osmia taxonomy. jim From: Molly Rightmyer [mailto:molly_rightmyer@...] ...
Hi, folks. I'm putting out a notice regarding the western NA species Bombus mixtus, that potentially affects hundreds of misidentified specimens scattered...
Hi everyone, a silly question, but I really want to know. Is apitoxin influenced in any way by the pollen or nectar the bee consumes, or is it constant? In...
All: Was working with Gary Alpert this last week. Gary is an ant kingpin and full of good ideas. He showed me a very clever specimen holder made from a ping...
Hi, all- I'm looking for some input. I have been asked to join a group of researchers studying insect diversity across an urban gradient. My role is to look at...
Dear Friends and Colleagues: Please share the attached advertisement with people who may be interested in the appointment. This is the second year we've...
Hello, Based upon the variation between females and males, it has been decided that the following character will be split into separate female/male characters:...
Dear all, I am writing to inform the group about a relevant job opening in the AMNH. We are looking for a full-time curatorial assistant to help with curation ...
In the past few years Colony Collapse Disorder has been frequently in the news. While it's nice that bees are getting attention, exaggeration and "Chicken...
All: I did a little summary of bowl captures today to look at rates of capture. I extracted data from Maryland for which there were good records on the number...
All This Sunday I came across 2 specimens of Pseudoanthidium nanum in Hagerstown, Maryland and just saw a set of nice pictures on Bugguide from Thomas of...
All, Passing an ID question from a friend on to the list...he isn't on it, so please reply to him. Thanks! Barb Barbara J. Abraham, Ph.D. Associate Professor ...
Hello, Several more guides have been finished for western genera. Paranomada and Rhopalolemma both have very small numbers of constituent species with three ...
Hi all, I have been considering a project that would look at bee communities along a latitudinal gradient as a proxy for understanding climate change. I was...
Dear Colleagues: I sent Ms. Sanchez's advertisement (below) to Gary Wilson in Australia (James Cook U., Queensland) as a number of people receive PhDs in...
Please look at page 133 of the Science Times Section of the New York Times (9/13/2011) and read the article by Anthony DePalma. Forestry services are catching...
Dear Bee Watchers: For an introduction to nectar glands, nectar components and toxic components please consider reading Chapter 7 in Bernhardt, P. (1993)...
Hello, Two more new guides have been completed for the US. They are the Ancylandrena and Dioxys, with five species in each. These are western genera once...
a colleague in my recent Lep course at the SWRS in Portal Az aksed the following question concerning the Identification of pollen dispersed by animals: "do...
Below is a link to a beautifully illustrated bee resource that was originally posted to ECOLOG-L this morning. Janean ... From: David Inouye <inouye@...> ...
Hello, Three more Western US groups have been completed. They are the Protodufourea, Sphecodosoma and Xeralictus, all of which are members of the subfamily...
