Hey Dave; Guess I'll start with a question: do you remember me @ all from PSU?? I used to unofficially curate the Frost as a side duty for Dr. KC Kim as I ...
Thyreus Has blue, but not really neon blue like the nitidulus (in pictures), but lighter, more like a strong powder blue. Sometimes looks as if there is a ...
Hi, This is one of six emails (Identification a - f) I am sending to ask for help with identification (I know full identification is often impossible from...
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Erik_Oberg@...
Nov 18, 2012 3:02 pm
I will be out of the office starting 11/13/2012 and will not return until 11/20/2012. I am out of the park, but please contact brent_steury@... for park ...
All: Below is an announcement passed on to me by Josh Campbell regarding a special issue on pollinators in the Natural Areas Journal. They are looking for...
Dear Beemonitoring group, I am a PhD student at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. We are currently analyzing the pollen host spectra of a selected group of osmiine...
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Susan Waters
smwaters@...
Nov 26, 2012 11:20 pm
Hello bee folks, I'm writing in hopes of publicizing some pollinator-related citizen science research, the Urban Pollination Project ...
Note that dictation software was used in this message and thus odd word swaps can slip in! All: Bowl traps work very well for monitoring and inventorying bees,...
All: My nice tidy world view of eastern Ceratina was soundly disturbed by Rehan and Sheffield's recent revision. Here they added a new species (C. mikmaqi)...
All: There are characters for the male and female that are unique to that species that I forgot to mention.... Here you go as a tip...am incorporating into the...
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Jason Gibbs
dialictus@...
Dec 11, 2012 11:00 pm
The attached will be of relevance to all those collecting *Dialictus *in the eastern US. Cheers, Jason -- Jason Gibbs Post-Doctoral Associate Department of...
Thanks Jason for the new name. We need 100 more of you. If I have the interpretation correct we should all change any L. mitchelli in our databases to L....
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Rykken, Jessica
jrykken@...
Dec 12, 2012 2:33 pm
Calling bee photographers, I'm collaborating with the Encyclopedia of Life to develop a series of "bee observer cards" that will cover many aspects of bee...
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Jason Gibbs
dialictus@...
Dec 12, 2012 4:53 pm
Yes, that is correct. For all those people who have L. mitchelli identified by me, they should all be switched to L. hitchensi. Identification issues aside,...
Awesome, thanks so much! I'm on the cusp of submitting our first paper, our faunal survey of 2010 native apoidea in N GA apple orchards, from the first year's...
All: John Pickering is out of the country right now and as the head of Discoverlife that means that he is not around to tweek server problems and sometimes...
These are two sexy Epeolus species from Florida and Coastal Georgia that I have now added more guidance in Discoverlife guides E. glabratus vs E. zonatus E....
All: I have been working with the National Zoo here in Washington D.C. as a bee adviser. As part of their new outdoor bee and pollinator exhibit they would...
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Cane, Jim
Jim.Cane@...
Jan 3, 2013 4:12 pm
Sam and all- my first choice would be buzz-pollinated plants other than the Ericaceae (whose nectar attracts honey bees). Thus, Cassia, Chamaecrista, and...
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AHworkerB@...
Jan 3, 2013 4:20 pm
A question about the plants ONLY pollinated by native bees -- are you including bumble bees in the natives? (By the way honey bee is two words like bumble...
Thanks Ann.... Rhododendrons ...that would be interesting....I also don't see honey bees on azaleas that often, but am not sure home complete that segregation...
Sam: Â I think if you look beyond the obvious suspects (nectar less flowers with poricidal anthers and nectar less oil producers -both classes which are...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Jan 3, 2013 4:41 pm
Dear Sam: Here is an excellent opportunity for zoo visitors to learn the different between foraging vs. pollination. Signage should reflect this. Many bees ...
Probably any of the flowers with corolla tubes longer than about 6 mm will be pollinated by long-tongued native bees. Honey bees' tongues are about 5 mm. David...
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Kenneth W McCravy
KW-McCravy@...
Jan 3, 2013 6:55 pm
Hi Sam, This probably doesn't help if you are focusing on North America, but you might check Roubik and Hanson's "Orchid Bees of Tropical America: Biology and...
At least one Web page from a gardener cites honey bees visiting morning glories: http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2012/04/can-you-help-the-honey-bees/ . Not...
