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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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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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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Louise lynch
lilynch777
Apr 19, 2012 3:34 pm
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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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 20, 2012 2:48 pm
Dear Colleagues: Dr. Richard Primack (Boston University) published an Op-ed piece in The New York TImes yesterday entitled, "Early Bloomers" (4/19/12). It...
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Paul Goldstein
drpzgoldstein@...
Apr 20, 2012 7:21 pm
Hmmm. My impression (from papers by Farnsworth & Ogurcak) was that concentrations of rare plants in New England generally appear to be clustering in...
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david almquist
bugalmquist
Apr 20, 2012 8:14 pm
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/opinion/early-bloomers.html To: bernhap2@... CC: beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com; pollinator@...;...
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David Inouye
dwinouye
Apr 21, 2012 7:01 pm
A gardener sent this photo, taken in Maryland. Know what it is? Looks like it has some spider web or something like that on a wing....
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John Ascher
limon_cocha
Apr 21, 2012 8:05 pm
I think it's an Anthophora plumipes female, one of the exotic species introduced by Suzanne Batra et al. of the USDA. John ________________________________ ...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Apr 21, 2012 9:00 pm
... All of the photos I've seen of A. plumipes suggests the females are entirely black; e.g.: http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo12821.htm If the one in...
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David Inouye
dwinouye
Apr 21, 2012 9:11 pm
Thanks John (and Doug). For what it's worth, Wikipedia says that females can be black or brown. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthophora_plumipes At 04:05 PM...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Apr 22, 2012 2:06 am
All: Indeed it is A. plumipes...and they are not black like many of the European/British individuals. Their point of origin was Japan where they are lighter...
Anothophora plumipes was introduced in the 1980s as a possible agricultural pollinator to Beltsville, Maryland about 1 mile from my lab. They nest in clay...
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Leo Shapiro
leoshapiro99@...
Apr 22, 2012 3:44 pm
Now there's an excellent question, especially since this was not a century ago, before biologists knew any better!...
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Leo Shapiro
leoshapiro99@...
Apr 22, 2012 3:51 pm
I have a little colony with nests in the ground in a large space (open on two sides but heavily shaded) under my house in MD, just a few miles from where, I...
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becky_loncosky@...
Apr 22, 2012 8:01 pm
I will be out of the office starting 04/21/2012 and will not return until 05/01/2012. I will respond to your message when I return....
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Jelle Devalez
jelledevalez
Apr 22, 2012 8:05 pm
All, The variation in Anthophora plumipes females is certainly interesting. The dark morph of A. plumipes females occurs throughout Europe from the U.K. to ...
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Jakub Straka
straka-jakub@...
Apr 22, 2012 8:55 pm
Hi all, we are currently working on genetics of Anthophora plumipes in Europe, Japan and USA. The difference between US and Eurpean bees is very large and...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Apr 23, 2012 12:18 am
All I am upgrading the handy bee manual and want to simultaneously upgrade the microscope section as several people have asked about purchases of new and used...
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nativebeesdotcom
nativebeesdo...
Apr 23, 2012 6:42 am
Sam told me beetle trappers often use ethylene glycol. Has anyone used this substance for bees, and has it worked? For those who have, do you have any concerns...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 23, 2012 2:17 pm
Dear Paul: Several people responded to the request that they read the NYT Op-ed piece by Dr. Primack so this reply will be shared with the group. Everyone...
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Dana Visalli
dana@...
Apr 23, 2012 4:40 pm
Greetings; I'm new to the group, from north-central Washington. I'm stumped by bees, but am beginning to pay attention. Bumblebees are a good place to start. ...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Apr 23, 2012 5:25 pm
... Random wildlife will drink ethylene glycol, and it's toxic; as far as I know, people who use it make special lids that prevent animals from drinking the...
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david almquist
bugalmquist
Apr 23, 2012 5:41 pm
Most of the "beetle trappers" who I know, and I'm one, use propylene glycol, either in the form of Low-Tox antifreeze or, better yet, the pure stuff that is...
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John Ascher
limon_cocha
Apr 23, 2012 6:03 pm
Hi Dana et al., There seems to be ongoing confusion about "the guys at" Discover Life and about responsibility for "Discover Life" data which should be...
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Greenstone, Matt
Matt.Greenstone@...
Apr 23, 2012 8:37 pm
As evidence of its low toxicity to mammals, propylene glycol is used as a feed additive for cattle to treat and prevent ketosis. You can get it - cheap - from...
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martinskyle
Apr 24, 2012 12:15 am
Hi! We`re about to conduct a project on apple pollination by wild bees, and having some volunteers help out with pollen supplementation of apple blossoms. The...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Apr 24, 2012 12:30 am
John et al.: Is it possible the bee in David's photo is Anthophora furcata? The thoracic coloration of furcata, I noticed, matches the photo a bit better, in...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Apr 24, 2012 2:57 pm
Kyle Sight ID is going to be tough....and it would be best if only one person were doing the identification so that you minimize differences among observers...
