Hi all, I'm considering capturing native bees (most likely Lasioglossum, Agapostemon) and rearing them for about 1-2 weeks and standardizing their diet prior...
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Droege, Sam
sam_droege
Jan 18, 2013 5:37 pm
All: We have been working with a lot of digital images of insect specimens and a big part of getting efficient at producing good quality digital pictures was...
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Anita M. Collins
frozenbeedoc@...
Jan 18, 2013 4:02 pm
Anyone able to give her an ID? I'm not good enough to do one from this photo. Anita Collins If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research....
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Droege, Sam
sam_droege
Jan 17, 2013 4:05 pm
... From: Dan Cariveau <dancariveau@...> Date: Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:41 AM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] JOB: Field Technicians: Restoration Ecology of Native ...
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Droege, Sam
sam_droege
Jan 17, 2013 1:21 am
All: In looking at the hits on our photostream of bees and insects http://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/ I noticed a link to the "colorhunter" website. Here...
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Eugene J. Scarpulla
ejscarp@...
Jan 14, 2013 5:01 pm
Thanks to everyone that responded. It appears that that the e-mail address of mike.arduser@... as shown on the MDC website should actually be ...
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Robert Dugenske
radugenske@...
Jan 14, 2013 4:15 pm
Hello Everyone, In addition to working on identification of my collection of Alaskan bees I also do some work analyzing diet samples for Greater Prairie...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Jan 14, 2013 3:16 pm
Dear Joe: The Bernhardt/Meier lab at St. Louis University specializes in the study of the pollination of *Cypripedium s*pp. This includes North American and ...
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Eugene J. Scarpulla
ejscarp@...
Jan 14, 2013 3:05 pm
Would anyone have a current e-mail address for Mike Arduser? mike.arduser@... no longer reaches him. Thanks, Gene Gene Scarpulla Editor, The Maryland...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Jan 13, 2013 11:50 am
Message from Nico Vereecken (who is a bit of a black belt when it comes to Orchid pollination). His message is below Stuart ... As far as is known, the main...
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David Inouye
dwinouye
Jan 12, 2013 2:41 pm
Antonelli, A., C. J. Dahlberg, et al. (2009). "Pollination of the Lady's slipper orchid ( Cypripedium calceolus ) in Scandinavia - taxonomic and conservational...
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Dana Visalli
danavisalli
Jan 12, 2013 2:15 pm
I poked around for information on Cypripediums and found this study: 'Enhancing the trap of lady’s slippers: a new technique for discovering pollinators...
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Sheryl Pollock
sopol
Jan 12, 2013 12:52 pm
I searched and Illinois Wildflower Society cites that it has been observed to be pollinated by Andrenoid Bees. ...
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Joe Metzger
jmetzger50
Jan 12, 2013 6:26 am
Group, Does anyone know what pollinates the Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium sp.), especially Large Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens) and...
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jason graham
jgrahambeesn...
Jan 11, 2013 7:31 pm
Hello All,Does anyone have, or know of, an updated list of the commercially available bees (besides Apis mellifera) being managed for pollination in North...
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Riddle,T Charles
tcri@...
Jan 11, 2013 7:22 pm
Ericaceae in general (not just blueberries) should not be discounted. I have many cultivars of rabbiteye and Southern Highbush as well as a lot of native...
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Susan Waters
smwaters@...
Jan 11, 2013 6:57 pm
Hello everyone, Does anyone know where we could get our hands on a high-resolution recording of a bumblebee buzz pollinating? Thank you! Best, Susan Waters...
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Droege, Sam
sam_droege
Jan 11, 2013 5:48 pm
All: Below is a message from Bernhard Jacobi who discovered M. ericetorum in Rochester, NY via pictures taken and posted to Flickr by Gary Stafford. Original...
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Droege, Sam
sam_droege
Jan 10, 2013 3:42 pm
All: Recently we discovered that Google Chrome will do a perfect capture of the images produced when Discoverlife produces labels in pdf format (Thank you ...
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Bruce
runningfarme...
Jan 9, 2013 7:53 pm
According to Darwin (Chuck) bumble bees (humble bees) were the primary pollinators of heartsease (viola tricolor) and red clover (Trifolium Pratense)....
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ambertripodi
Jan 9, 2013 4:09 am
Hello Bee Folks- It looks like there might still be room for folks to sign up for an upcoming course (MS PhD students only) in Tropical Behavioral Ecology and...
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Vandever, Mark
vandeverm@...
Jan 8, 2013 6:16 pm
I just went through the same thing and found the most cost effective measure was to get labels custom ordered. I bought a 6' corded scanner (Honeywell model...
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David Gardner
dgardner@...
Jan 7, 2013 9:36 pm
Hello! I am interested in purchasing a 2-D barcode printer and any associated necessities (paper, scanner, etc), and I am inquiring if anyone has either ...
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Harris, Mary A [NREM]
maryharris34
Jan 7, 2013 4:35 pm
Turtlehead (Chelone obliqua) is quite similar as bumble bees must push their way into the flowers and possibly fit the architecture such that they do provide...
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Dave Hunter
dave@...
Jan 7, 2013 3:58 pm
I agree Jack, no harm whatsoever to apis. It would be nice to see research conducted on chaetodactylus. The Orchard Bee Association is concerned about this...
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Jack Neff
jlnatctmi
Jan 7, 2013 3:30 pm
Nice to know those folks have no clue what they are doing. Â The mites on an Osmia (presumably a Chaetodactylus) might be bad news for some US Osmia but would...
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Eugene J. Scarpulla
ejscarp@...
Jan 7, 2013 2:09 pm
I happened upon this 15 February 2012 news release that might be of interest regarding Osmia rufa (Linnaeus). “Port of Norfolk CBP Intercepts First in the...
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Elaine Evans
elaineceleste
Jan 5, 2013 6:07 pm
Sounds like an interesting exhibit and a fun challenge. My favorite example of a plant only pollinated by a native due to morphological exclusion is the closed...
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Julie Serences
jpseren...
Jan 5, 2013 2:58 am
Interesting question, so I ask the very knowledgeable botanist for our local California Native Plant Society - Glen Holstein. I wanted to know specifically...
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david almquist
bugalmquist
Jan 4, 2013 10:42 pm
I had these notes related to this subject: Native bees were the only recorded pollinators of the rare plant Rudbeckia auriculata at 32 different sites in...
