Hello all! I am reaching out to you with regard to a sculpture artist who is interested in donating (or giving on permanent loan) some of his...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Apr 18, 2012 8:59 pm
All Knowing how nice it would be to use mark-recapture techniques on bees and the difficulty in marking small bees made me take notice of the following new...
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Erik_Oberg@...
Apr 17, 2012 1:12 am
I will be out of the office starting 04/16/2012 and will not return until 04/24/2012. I am out of the park, but please contact brent_steury@... for park ...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 16, 2012 6:15 pm
Dear Peter (Weston): Please have a look at the attached illustration (YH062,jpg). Yvonne Hyde wonders if you can identify the two "green birds?" Are we...
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Mark Vandever
vandeverm@...
Apr 13, 2012 9:19 pm
Hi all, We are thinking of using aniline blue to help prevent contamination of samples after each selective sweep netting. The idea is that after the specimen...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Apr 12, 2012 7:55 pm
All: Why buy expensive Fiber Optic Lights when a flashlight will work just fine for microscope work? A number of years ago German Perilla from George Mason...
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Jason Gibbs
dialictus@...
Apr 12, 2012 5:02 pm
Hi all, If anyone has collected specimens of the following Lasioglossum species (or has some in their collections), I would be interested in examining them for...
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Julie Tennis
julietennis@...
Apr 11, 2012 6:45 pm
Hello! I am creating a Pollinator Festival in Naselle, WA, near the mouth of the Columbia River. If you are in the region and would like to participate or ...
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Stoner, Kimberly
Kimberly.Stoner@...
Apr 11, 2012 3:23 pm
Has anyone sent this to this group? Seems like something all of you should see. It is really well done. Kim...
I think it's Waser 1979: http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/4215803.pdf?acceptTC=true Waser, N. M. (1979). "Pollinator availability as a determinant of ...
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Jack Neff
jlnatctmi
Apr 10, 2012 7:13 pm
Waser (1974) mentioned the same phenomenon with Xylocopa californica robbing ocotillo flowers (Oecologia 39: 107-121). Â Nothing really odd here since...
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David Inouye
dwinouye
Apr 10, 2012 6:37 pm
There are a few references in the literature, mostly related to Corydalis , of "robber-like pollinators", bumble bees that rob but also serve as pollinators....
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barbara.abraham@...
Apr 10, 2012 6:07 pm
All, While gardening last weekend I saw a Xylocopa carpenter bee on Vinca. It oriented its head at the outside bottom of the corolla for a few seconds, and I...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Apr 7, 2012 12:04 am
All....note that this is posted for Katherina by Sam Droege...to reach Katherina directly use her email below and not the reply button. sam ... Hi everyone, I...
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Elizabeth A Sellers
aussiebotanist
Apr 5, 2012 1:19 pm
Hi Folks, Does anyone have any records (preferably specimen-based) for Anthophorula micheneri or Hylaeus sparsus in the U.S.? I'm aware of those available from...
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Sandra_Lary@...
Apr 3, 2012 10:05 pm
I will be out of the office starting 04/03/2012 and will not return until 04/05/2012....
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 3, 2012 5:42 pm
Dear Colleagues: Once again I request an identification of a bee on a flower...if possible. The warm-hot March in the midwest triggered the early flowering of...
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Jerry_Freilich@...
jerryfreilich
Apr 1, 2012 8:02 pm
I will be out of the office starting 03/30/2012 and will not return until 04/09/2012. I will answer my mail as soon as I can when I return. If there is...
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Julie Tennis
julietennis@...
Apr 1, 2012 6:12 pm
Hello! A couple of months ago I asked for information regarding bee nest blocks that work. Several folks responded with suggestions and links. (Thank you!)...
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Brent_Steury@...
Mar 30, 2012 2:06 am
I will be out of the office starting 03/29/2012 and will not return until 04/09/2012. In case of emergencies call 703-289-2542...
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Eugene J. Scarpulla
ejscarp@...
Mar 29, 2012 11:03 pm
Would anyone have a need for a series of 203 Xylocopa virginica specimens (123 female, 80 male), all collected from the same site? 10-26 MAY 2011 Millers...
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m_lettow
Mar 29, 2012 6:21 pm
Hi all, I'm working on a research project where I have several sampling dates throughout the summer where I use a combination of bee bowls and observation to...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Mar 29, 2012 2:02 pm
Dear Jack: Here's a recently published paper that takes an odd twist to the story of the flower "waiting" for the faithful bee. The orchid self-pollinates in ...
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Kimberly Russell
krussell@...
Mar 29, 2012 1:21 pm
Hello All! I wrote to the group last year about finding model plant species to attract bee visitors and compare pollination efficiency in different...
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Pawelek, Jaime
Jaime.Pawelek@...
Mar 28, 2012 7:49 pm
Hi All, I'm looking to partner with a biologist from my local mosquito control district to look at the non-target effects of mosquito spraying on native bees....
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Michael Orr
michael_chri...
Mar 28, 2012 4:27 pm
Hello, A guide for the Apis of the world has been completed. There are seven total species recognized, although there are hints of potential additional species...
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Brian Dykstra
beekeepbrian
Mar 27, 2012 8:18 pm
http://winfreelab.rutgers.edu/documents/BartomeusEtAl2011_PNAS.pdf Climate-associated phenological advances in bee pollinators and bee-pollinated plants For...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Mar 27, 2012 5:01 pm
Dear Jack: My bad. I'm not making much sense today. We had an emergency at home and I spent the hours of 2 AM - 5 AM in the emergency ward of the local ...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Mar 27, 2012 4:19 pm
Wow, that was fast. Thank you, Jack. As it is a male I am hoping our local bee taxonomist, Dr. Michael Arduser, will be able to tell us whether it is A....
