All, Is there any non-toxic way to kill fungus on dried bee specimens? Is there any way to treat the boxes so they can be reused? I do not have access to a...
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Maria Van Dyke
feelindahealin
May 2, 2012 10:24 pm
Sam has included this information in this *Handy Bee Manual* which can be found on his ftp site ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/ Go to handy Bee...
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Rob Snyder
rooert61@...
May 2, 2012 10:44 pm
I have used Lysol to get rid of spiderweb-type mold on specimens, you must let them dry for a period of time after. Rob To: beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com From:...
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Deana Crumbling
dcrumbling
May 3, 2012 11:08 am
Another option to avoid mold is to complete the drying of bees in a dessicator. All chemistry departments have them...perhaps you could borrow? --Deana From:...
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barbara.abraham@...
May 3, 2012 1:34 pm
Thanks to Maria for reminding me that Sam has almost EVERYTHING a novice bee collector needs to know in the Handy Bee Manual! Barb Barbara J. Abraham, Ph.D. ...
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Zarrillo, Tracy
zarrillo...
May 4, 2012 1:42 am
Hello everyone, In previous years, I have used Ace brand yellow and blue fluorescent spray paint on my glycol cup traps (standard white party cups), but found...
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Greenstone, Matt
Matt.Greenstone@...
May 4, 2012 12:57 pm
My traps stay out all summer and I found that the party cups were deteriorating after a few weeks, developing holes, cracks, etc. So I have switched to Corning...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
May 4, 2012 7:42 pm
Dear Matthew: I'm all for simple but a simple message is pure propaganda unless it goes hand-in-hand with fact. 1) Close ups of the honeybee and the beetle...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
May 5, 2012 12:37 am
All: Below is our latest video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUhOIN76lBgxZ-BIIo8MvzHA&v=izqFaia_8bU&feature=player_detailpage This is a distillation of...
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David_r_smith@...
May 8, 2012 3:52 pm
Tracy, I also use Ace fluorescent spray paints, but use the plastic primer first. The primer comes in blue and yellow. I leave my 12 oz stadium cups out for a...
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Zarrillo, Tracy
zarrillo...
May 8, 2012 7:15 pm
Thanks Dave and to all who have responded! A few people wanted to know why I was adding bleach to the RV grade glycol.....the purpose is to remove the pink...
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Jonathan Koch
vosnesenskii
May 9, 2012 3:11 pm
Greetings all! The 2012 Bumble Bee Workshop hosted by the USDA-Agricultural Research Service Pollinating Insect Research Unit and Utah State University ...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
May 9, 2012 8:17 pm
All This is a story of how Facebook advances Taxonomy. Yesterday I posted a picture of Colletes mitchelli on my facebook page (I will send a copy of this in a...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
May 9, 2012 8:18 pm
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
May 9, 2012 8:21 pm
Note that the degree of shimmer here is rather small compared to some of the small Panurgines... sam Sam Droege sdroege@... w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759...
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david almquist
bugalmquist
May 9, 2012 8:43 pm
I may try to have some volunteers, including field botanists and biologists but no entomologists, attempt to collect bees off of flowers of particular species....
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barbara.abraham@...
May 9, 2012 9:05 pm
David, I have been using plastic vials with snap-tops - putting the vial open end down over the bee and as it flies upward (or stays on the flower) snapping on...
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barbara.abraham@...
May 9, 2012 9:06 pm
I forgot to add - we freeze the bees in the same vials before pinning and/or fluffing. Barb Barbara J. Abraham, Ph.D. Associate Professor SEEDS Ecology Chapter...
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david almquist
bugalmquist
May 10, 2012 1:10 am
Interesting and thank you very much. I'm surprised at the lack of stings over that much time and with that many students and specimens. Do you have any idea...
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barbara.abraham@...
May 10, 2012 12:21 pm
Dave, We use BioQuip plastic tubes #8915 15 dram 1 1/8" x 3 1/4" or #8912 12 dram 1 1/8" x 2 5/8" with snap tops. I am sure the large diameter helps. I have...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
May 10, 2012 6:54 pm
The orchid-pollination videos on Youtube get better and better and must be sampled when you have the opportunity. Go to this site and your can watch a female...
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Riddle,T Charles
tcri@...
May 10, 2012 7:58 pm
What about WIPs in Melittidae. From: beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com<mailto:beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com> [mailto:beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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John Ascher
limon_cocha
May 13, 2012 5:09 pm
Dear all, Today I received the following message announcing the new Bees Wasps and Ants Recording Society website and free book download. This society and it's...
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Rykken, Jessica
jrykken@...
May 14, 2012 1:32 am
I will be doing a park inventory for bees and syrphid flies in Denali NPP this summer, and since my bee collecting has been restricted to Massachusetts and...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
May 14, 2012 6:33 pm
All: Sheila Dumesh and the ever productive Cory Sheffield have just produced a lovely publication of the Dufourea of Canada: ...
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Eugene J. Scarpulla
ejscarp@...
May 18, 2012 3:44 pm
Is anyone currently doing any DNA research with the two cryptic species Halictus ligatus Say and Halictus poeyi Lepeletier? If so, I have a specimen set that...
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Laurence Packer
laurencepacker@...
May 18, 2012 4:19 pm
Greetings Attached is the original paper noting some aspects of the distribution of these two plus another one that compared phenology from Rock Hill, where...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
May 18, 2012 5:26 pm
All: I have seen Gene's specimens and I think they are more likely H. poeyi than H. ligatus.... Although it remains untested molecularly, I have looked at the...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
May 19, 2012 11:32 am
All: A new version of the Handy Bee Manual is out (Last Version was October 2010). This manual is designed to help guide the capture, processing, ...
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Peter Kwapong
pkwapong@...
May 23, 2012 4:58 am
What a nice present http://www.nfxfsx.net/message.php?p0023 Hope u enjoy it!...
