All: We have a new video out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75klhCa2vEM In this video we take you through how to use the Discoverlife system of matrix...
i folks, I've had several requests for the photo that did not come through. Here it is again. The two proposed species are listed with the photo. Anita Collins...
All: See message below ... sam ... Utah State University Dept. Biology invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work in a multi-institute team...
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...
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...
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....
... From: Dan Cariveau <dancariveau@...> Date: Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:41 AM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] JOB: Field Technicians: Restoration Ecology of Native ...
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...
Would anyone have a current e-mail address for Mike Arduser? mike.arduser@... no longer reaches him. Thanks, Gene Gene Scarpulla Editor, The Maryland...
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...
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...
Antonelli, A., C. J. Dahlberg, et al. (2009). "Pollination of the Lady's slipper orchid ( Cypripedium calceolus ) in Scandinavia - taxonomic and conservational...
Group, Does anyone know what pollinates the Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium sp.), especially Large Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens) and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
In North Florida and South Georgia Portulaca pilosa and Passiflora incarnata are candidates. The former visited by a medium solid black bee I have yet to catch...
All I have just updated the diagnostics on this formerly irritating group of very similar male species. They are now active in the male Andrena Discoverlife...
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: 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...
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....
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...
