Pollinators are in trouble! They provide important services for agriculture and they help sustain native populations of plants and animals - including people....
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donovall
Aug 12, 2008 12:42 pm
Hi Fellow Bee-People: I wanted to send out an update on our progress with the Lithurgus chrysurus pilot survey in Eastern PA and Western NJ. To date, we have...
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frozenbeedoc@...
Aug 13, 2008 5:25 pm
Rick, I can add negative results from 4 sites in Berks County and one in Pike County. The Berks County blooms were also near railroad lines, but the one in...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 13, 2008 8:30 pm
All: Below is an expanded file that was created a number of years ago as an aid in scientific name pronunciation. It was meant to reflect what was more or less...
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Jamese_Hemsley@...
Aug 14, 2008 9:18 pm
Hey. Sam, Is there a Pronunciation Guide that don't have all the names crossed out as viewed on your attachment or is this something that is retrievable from...
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Jamese_Hemsley@...
Aug 14, 2008 9:36 pm
Hey. Sam. I have a Pronunciation Guide now that's doesn't have the names crossed out. Thanks. JH Jamese_Hemsley@nps .gov To:...
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Kim McFarland
megachilidae@...
Aug 14, 2008 9:55 pm
I am looking for information on how to re-hydrate pinned specimens. If you have tips on how to soften up bees once they have dried in order to spread mandibles...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 14, 2008 10:49 pm
All: Kim also pointed out that rehydration is not covered in the handy bee manual, so it would be great to have your contributions on this topic directly to...
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Jason Gibbs
gibbs@...
Aug 15, 2008 3:53 am
I just take a resealable plastic container put some styrofoam in the bottom to pin the specimen into, add a little water to the bottom (just a tad!), put ...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 15, 2008 1:54 pm
All: I think the time is right to bring together scientists and administrators to talk about creating, expanding, and implementing a unified means of...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 15, 2008 2:00 pm
All: John Morse passed on the following note about pronunciation of scientific names...I will get a copy of John's lecture and track down a copy of Triplehorn...
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Griswold, Terry
terry.griswold@...
Aug 15, 2008 2:54 pm
You could add to the list of efforts John Ascher & company's checklist of the bees of the world. Also, the absence of the DiscoverLife guides seems an odd...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 15, 2008 3:08 pm
Terry: Good points (hmmn, how did I forget about the discoverlife guides?) Does USDA have any specific plans along these lines? sam...
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Thompson, Chris
chris.thompson@...
Aug 15, 2008 3:37 pm
Good question, Sam: I am only a bench scientist now. And technically pollination isn't in our OSCAR project. But I am working with my colleague, Jeff...
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Kuehn Faith (DDA)
Faith.Kuehn@...
Aug 15, 2008 3:51 pm
Sam, This is timely, and I applaud your leadership in getting things mobilized. I would like to suggest one track, or perhaps area that I think is important -...
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John S. Ascher
limon_cocha
Aug 15, 2008 4:26 pm
Like Terry, I am concerned that the initial "global and continental foundation" for the proposed project does not cite ongoing, successful efforts by the...
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Jerry_Freilich@...
jerryfreilich
Aug 15, 2008 5:00 pm
I would like to speak on this subject from the point of view of the National Park Service and its recently growing interest in "All Taxa Biotic Inventory"...
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barbara.abraham@...
Aug 15, 2008 5:10 pm
All, I am a novice at bees, but my future research plans include studying native pollinators of native plants. The proposed meeting seems like a great way to...
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Thompson, Chris
chris.thompson@...
Aug 15, 2008 5:28 pm
John Asher's comments on NAS-NRC are totally out-of-line and represent a personal resentment that he was not selected for the panel. Two museum-based...
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John S. Ascher
limon_cocha
Aug 15, 2008 5:32 pm
"Taxonomists have a wide range of views on the topic, ranging from aversion to enthusiasm." I hold both views simultaneously and suspect that many colleagues...
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Dan Kjar
kjard_us
Aug 15, 2008 6:37 pm
Just my 2 cents... Saying ATBI immediately dooms the project to failure and results in the difficult groups being sidelined due to productivity verses dollars...
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Matthew Sarver
mjsarver@...
Aug 15, 2008 6:37 pm
All - Clearly, we each have different opinions on this topic, biased by our own interests and specializations. Such is the challenge of collaborative work in...
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John S. Ascher
limon_cocha
Aug 15, 2008 6:42 pm
I feel compelled to respond to the following comment by F. Christian ... My comments may or may not have been "totally out-of-line" but your particular and...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 15, 2008 7:15 pm
All: I come from a vertebrate population survey and monitoring background. So when embarking on my bee phase it took me a while to clue into the fact that...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 15, 2008 7:25 pm
Barb: This is a point that needs some discussion at some point. In my mind the purpose of the meeting would be to put science(reseachers) and...
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Michael Wilson
mwilso14
Aug 15, 2008 7:32 pm
Just trying to understand, To determine change in the health of oligolectic species, wouldn't one need to follow plant communities that often move dynamically...
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Matthew Sarver
mjsarver@...
Aug 15, 2008 7:40 pm
Sam did not receive my previous message on the list. Did anyone else receive it, and is anyone getting this one? Sorry for the wasted band width. Matt...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 15, 2008 7:51 pm
All: From a statistical point of view, for the purpose of detecting change (monitoring), surveys of the type like the ATBI, BioBlitz, and general collecting...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 15, 2008 8:23 pm
OK, I can see Matt's original message if I look on the listserv's web site...it was somehow corrupted by my email browser originally... For future reference...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Aug 15, 2008 8:33 pm
Oligolectic species would be in one of the groups more likely to be missed...depending on the survey technique. Males and females may sometimes nectar off...
