All: I received the note below from one of our roach researcher colleagues. Feel free to contact Dominic for more details. sam ... From: Dominic Evangelista...
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Zak Gezon
catchingzak
Mar 1, 2012 1:24 pm
Hey guys, I used to draw in butterflies in Costa Rica by mashing bananas and pouring in a little rum. It is shockingly effective. I haven't tried booze &...
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David_r_smith@...
Mar 1, 2012 3:26 pm
OK in order to standardize our surveys, which brand or type of beer is everyone going to use? Dark, NA, IPA, Coors Light (nah, even bees have better taste...
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Greenstone, Matt
Matt.Greenstone@...
Mar 1, 2012 5:28 pm
The good thing about rum is that it's high enough proof to substitute for lab ethanol when you run out of it in an out of the way place, so it's a...
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Rob Snyder
rooert61@...
Mar 1, 2012 9:57 pm
Peach schnapps works well with fruit too! Rob To: sdroege@... CC: beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com; dominicev@... From: zachariah.j.gezon@......
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David_r_smith@...
Mar 1, 2012 11:15 pm
When someone successfully fills a requisition with their agency for enough beer, schnapps or rum to do a full seasons bee inventory, let me know how you did...
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Laurence Packer
laurencepacker@...
Mar 1, 2012 11:53 pm
Back in the middle ages when I was a graduate student, folks working in a nearby lab were studying what attracts blackflies to humans. They had some scents...
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saraguitiprado
Mar 6, 2012 5:58 pm
Hi everyone, I'll be starting a research project in Puerto Rico in September and would like to gain some experience identifying native Puerto Rican bees. Can...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Mar 6, 2012 8:39 pm
All: Below is the text from a little report I put together for a study of 7 woodlands using 9 trap glycol array last spring. I will try and send the full...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Mar 6, 2012 8:40 pm
I can also send the Excel File with all the data to anyone who wishes sam...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Mar 6, 2012 11:45 pm
All: After posting the results of our spring woodland survey Jason Gibbs wrote me to say that Lasioglossum subviridatum (a species I knew almost nothing about)...
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John Ascher
limon_cocha
Mar 6, 2012 11:57 pm
Sam: L. subviridatum is what you used to call "oblongum"; in part. In and near NYC we find that wood-nesting species including subviridatum and oblongum are...
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pollinator2001
Mar 7, 2012 3:22 pm
Is it a trend? Reflections of a long-time beekeeper This year's swarm season began early with a humungous swarm in mid-February - six weeks ahead of the norm....
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Herren, Barbara (AGPM)
Barbara.Herren@...
Mar 7, 2012 3:24 pm
FAO-IIED Press release 5-step guide to help farmers evaluate agriculture's hidden heroes Smallholder farmers will soon be better able to weigh up the cost and...
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Michael Orr
michael_chri...
Mar 8, 2012 3:44 pm
Hello, The Hoplitis guide on DiscoverLife has been updated. It now includes all described western species, save for a small number for which we do not have ...
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Kimberly Russell
krussell@...
Mar 8, 2012 4:16 pm
Dear All, I am looking for some advice/data/perspective from others who have sampled in the Dane County Wisconson area (outside of Madison). I did some...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Mar 8, 2012 6:25 pm
Dear Colleagues: This beautiful article was sent to me this morning by Dr. Peter Goldblatt of the Missouri Botanical Garden. It appeared in an issue of...
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Hendrix, Stephen D
stephen-hendrix@...
Mar 8, 2012 7:04 pm
In Iowa prairies pan catches decline dramatically from May to Aug. we think our bowls cannot compete with all the forbs in bloom and by August our catch per...
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Erik_Oberg@...
Mar 8, 2012 9:20 pm
I will be out of the office starting 03/08/2012 and will not return until 03/14/2012. I am out of the park, but please contact brent_steury@... for park ...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Mar 9, 2012 2:02 pm
Kim It is interesting to see how captures can vary. In the Badlands we average > 5 bees per bowl in many situations...sometimes >>5. However, it is not at...
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Kimberly Russell
krussell@...
Mar 9, 2012 2:44 pm
Thanks, Sam. Although, remember my catches are for three days, so that would be (not-quite) divided by 3 (ignoring depletion), which makes it more like...
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Linda Newstrom
newstroml@...
Mar 12, 2012 1:20 am
Lost the email asking for this question so this goes out to all, sorry. Here is a contact person for iridescent spots on flowers Spencer Barrett suggested to...
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Kim McFarland
megachilidae@...
Mar 12, 2012 7:28 pm
I am looking for a good source for honeybee queen number marking kits (those little round tags with numbers) in multiple colors. Any leads? Thanks! Kim...
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Stoner, Kimberly
Kimberly.Stoner@...
Mar 12, 2012 9:20 pm
Hi beemonitoring crowd, Want a summer job? I have some funding for research on pollination of pumpkin and squash and other bee-related projects. The 5...
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Kim McFarland
megachilidae@...
Mar 13, 2012 1:12 am
Thank you all for your advice. I was able to order the 5 year queen marking kit from B & B Honey Farms (http://www.bbhoneyfarms.com). Cheers! Kim...
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Weber, Don
Don.Weber@...
Mar 14, 2012 4:45 pm
The Entomological Society of America has a "Common Names of Insects Committee" which designates official common names for insects occuring in North America....
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Mar 14, 2012 5:48 pm
Some of these names are very odd, and directly in conflict with existing common names. Bombus franklini is known as Franklin's bumble bee, and that generates...
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Mary_Willeford_Bair@...
ladybugspec
Mar 14, 2012 8:03 pm
I will be out of the office starting 03/14/2012 and will not return until 03/19/2012. I will respond to your message when I return. If you need to report a...
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ddrudis
Mar 15, 2012 10:14 pm
Question for the group. I noted my first bumble bee zooming by today, but there is nothing blooming as yet in this part of town. Night temps are at or below...
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Liz Day
fervidobombus
Mar 16, 2012 12:49 am
I've often wondered this. Friends suggest bleeding maple or cherry sap as possibly "the" early queen food. Thoughts? I'd think maple sugarers would notice...
