Hi folks! I am a postdoc at UC Berkeley trying to round up 2 species of bumbles stored in ethanol for genetic analysis. The project in which I am involved...
I'm trying to put together a simple key (note oxymoron) to bee families and genera of my area-- northern Washington State--just as an exercise in getting...
Hi All, This is going to sound like an odd question, but have any of you heard of a study being conducted at either University of Washington or Washington...
I'd like to check in again with this Agapostemon: I found I had collected what is probably the same bee during the summer. Using 'Bees of Northwestern America:...
Dr David Bogler runs the virtual pollen museum at the Missouri Botanical Garden (view it online). Here are his comments about the new, Australian, pollen,...
Here's another link to a video on pollen but this one is about viewing pollen grains found on pinned insects in the national collection in Australia. The...
Here is a link to nice, short documentary showing how pollen grains of different species differ and why they differ. Just a word of warning, many of the...
Dear Colleagues: Dr. Nicolas Vereecken is a most talented and young biologist living in Belgium. His research specializes on the evolution of European bees...
I am in Quincy Florida. We (UF NFREC Quincy) have had B. impatiens colonies from Koppert for the last three years. I work on native pollinators from an...
I am seeing what appears to as newly eclosed B. impatiens with large pollen loads. They seem much larger than workers at this time of year. Does anyone know...
 Hi all, An excellent online resource: North Carolina State U., Dept of Entomology, North Carolina Cooperative Extension informs me that my pesky visitors (...
Note that dictation software was used in this message and thus odd word swaps can slip in! All: Below are summaries of data for the BIML database for Bombus...
Dear all, I am sending this picture (with written consent from the beekeeper) to the list in an effort to help the beekeeper find out if there is any natural ...
All: Just to let you know that I am now actively working on the Lasioglossum guide. Tomorrow, with the overnight refresh, all of Jason Gibbs' species should...
Dear all, The last few years I regularly come across reports and specimens of spring bees that have been found in the fall. I have been looking for records...
Does anyone remember the large plastic bumble bee model (kit) that was around in the late 1960s? They were large, accurate biological models. I searched on...
Are all Philanthus bee-predators? We captured several as-yet unidentified "morphospecies" of Philanthus on flowers at Badlands National Park, and all carried...
Do you ever use the term drone for male native bees? Or worker, for bumble bees helping a founding queen? Anita Collins If we knew what we were doing, it...
Best Regards, Sharon Muczynski LEED® AP Ecology M.S. Candidate San Diego State University Best Regards, Sharon Muczynski LEED® AP Ecology M.S. Candidate San...
I have two specimens I collected from Natchez crape myrtle on May 17 2012. I will try to get pics to post. I am in Quincy, North Florida. At the University of...
Megachile sculpturalis? Best Regards, Sharon Muczynski LEED® AP Ecology M.S. Candidate San Diego State University Megachile sculpturalis? Best Regards, Sharon...
Dear Colleagues: Ladybird Johnson is 100 years old this year and the Texas government has declared 2012 the year of Lady Bird Johnson. Her wildflower center...
Please open the file to view my questions - couldn't compose it through my iPhone in the out field here, so wrote it through Word to be attached. If anyone...
Did you get my email? I am still in the UK and I can't access a phone at the moment! Please let me know if you can be of any help. I will be waiting for your...
Don't mistake those three very different genera as anything close to resembling a final ID. Each one of those choices are presented in my list simply to give...
I have seen a map showing the annual increase in northward area on some federal web site. My interest was only in New Mexico. They are reported from every...
