Hello, I hope this 'activates39; my membership in: beemonitoring group?    charlie guevara NJ,US Hello, I hope this 'activates39; my membership in:...
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icecilliate123
Oct 4, 2008 5:45 pm
- Hello Raj, I suggest your project look at using specimens of wild pepermint. I reside NY/NJ border highlands, Ramapo Mts near Hudson River (just...
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Vivian_NegronOrtiz@...
Oct 4, 2008 10:02 pm
I will be out of the office starting 10/04/2008 and will not return until 10/13/2008. I will respond to your message when I return....
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Joe Metzger
jmetzger50
Oct 5, 2008 6:04 am
Charlie (and Raj), I'm confused by your suggestion of wild peppermint. In MD, I rarely see any member of the mint family in bloom at this time of year. Also...
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Liz Day
fervidobombus
Oct 5, 2008 7:04 am
... The peppermint I'm familiar with (a garden plant; don't know its origin) does put out runners that snake out in all directions over the ground. The...
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Charles Guevara
icecilliate123
Oct 5, 2008 1:17 pm
  Hello Liz, All our wetlands with running water here in NY/NJ 'highlands39; (as Harriman Tate Park,NY typifies)...have rather common asseblages of...
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icecilliate123
Oct 5, 2008 2:29 pm
Hello Joe Metzger, hello Liz Day...thanks Joe for 'heads up' on wildpepermint being an exotic/introduced plant in NY/NJ, the bees here love(leave the fennel...
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scan_editor_brg@...
Oct 8, 2008 11:37 pm
Hey Everyone, As I mentioned in the last newsletter, we have been invited to visit the Bishop Gravatt Center near Aiken, SC, to help them identify plant...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 20, 2008 1:49 pm
All: As part of a series of techniques papers on bee bowls/pan trapping for bees I have tried to put together a bibliography and summary of all published...
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Cane, Jim
Jim.Cane@...
Oct 20, 2008 3:08 pm
Sam- I've attached a file with the extra refs that I have from a much larger European (esp Polish) literature that has used pan trapping for decades, plus...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 27, 2008 1:52 pm
All: At the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign meetings last week I sat on a committee to work on garden related topics. During that meeting we...
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Vivian_NegronOrtiz@...
Oct 27, 2008 2:21 pm
Actually the problem is not only the pollinators, but also the plant species. Many federally listed species are declining, many are/were visited by bees, and...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Oct 27, 2008 4:14 pm
Dear Sam: Thanks for the last two communications. I am passing them on to colleague, Dr. Joe Fortier SJ <josephfortier@...>. Dr. Fortier is an...
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Gretchen LeBuhn
glebuhn
Oct 27, 2008 7:25 pm
Sam, Have you looked at the mockups Mace Vaughan and I posted on the Sunflower website? We're still correcting errors in them but their pretty similar to ...
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Malinda Slagle
malinda.slagle@...
Oct 27, 2008 11:05 pm
Sam- I think this is a great idea, long overdue. Your format below looks like just the sort of info people might find interesting (although of course several...
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Brent_Steury@...
Oct 28, 2008 12:03 am
I will be out of the office starting 10/23/2008 and will not return until 11/03/2008. In case of emergencies call 703-289-2542...
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Charles Guevara
icecilliate123
Oct 28, 2008 2:15 am
  Hello Malinda, doesn't:"Xerces society " have a similar 'layperson fact sheet'?    charlie guevara NJ,US   ... From: Malinda Slagle...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 28, 2008 12:52 pm
Malinda: I see your point. I think we could produces some pdf's from the resulting information, in a variety of formats, but also want to make the raw ...
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Frye, Jennifer
jfrye@...
Oct 28, 2008 8:38 pm
Hi everyone, I had a question I thought perhaps one or more of you could answer. Twice in the last year, I have been asked my colleagues about bees nesting in...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 29, 2008 1:00 pm
Hi Jen: I am going to guess that the bumblebee type things are an aggregation of Anthophora abrupta nests. I know that Warren Steiner has collected them from...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Oct 29, 2008 1:35 pm
Dear Jennifer: I can't answer your question in full but I can give you some clues. If the owner referred to the insects as resembling small bumblebees it's...
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Frye, Jennifer
jfrye@...
Oct 29, 2008 2:16 pm
Thanks to both of you for the information! I will take your advice and request A Cluster of Bees. I remember seeing the Anthophora colony at Sam's place, but...
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Jack Neff
jlnatctmi
Oct 29, 2008 3:28 pm
Jennifer: Anthophora abrupta is an excellent bet for your bees since they nest in banks and their robust size and black and white/off yellow coloration can...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Nov 6, 2008 2:54 pm
All: We have 2 scheduled bee identification workshops coming up one December 1-5 and the other February 9 - 13. We have made those dates available to everyone...
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Stillwaugh, Donald M
dstillwa@...
Nov 6, 2008 3:40 pm
Hi Sam, Please keep me on the list for upcoming ID workshops. Unfortunately, both of these sets of dates conflict with commitments I have. Regards, Don Don...
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heather8@...
Nov 6, 2008 6:29 pm
Hi there, I was wondering if you still have any space available for the February workshop because I still need to ID some of my bees for a project that I'm...
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Yong Park
tigerypark99
Nov 6, 2008 6:45 pm
Sam, I would like to know still there is a slot to squeeze in. If so, I would like to. Please let me know Yong ("Young") I. Park, Ph.D. Department of...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Nov 6, 2008 7:15 pm
P Please don't print this e-mail unless really needed....
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nancy lee adamson
anancylee
Nov 6, 2008 7:21 pm
Hi, Sam, I still have not really gotten started. It's insane. I'm still pinning (took a full load of classes, so all's on hold). Anyway, I have lots to do...
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Norment, Jeff - Bango...
jeff.norment@...
Nov 6, 2008 11:10 pm
Sam, Are all the workshops held in Maryland? _____________________________________ Jeff Norment NRCS Biologist 967 Illinois Ave, Suite #3 Bangor, ME 04401 ...