All: I recently ran across the Hymenoptera Online database and the attendant Specimage database for Hymenoptera collections associated with the Ohio State...
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Elizabeth A Sellers
aussiebotanist
Oct 6, 2009 3:45 pm
The Pollinators Project of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), is pleased to announce the publication of eleven new dichotomous bee keys...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 13, 2009 1:33 pm
All: The Triepeolus Guides Males http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Triepeolus_male Females http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Triepeolus_female ...
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becky_loncosky@...
Oct 13, 2009 2:01 pm
I will be out of the office starting 10/07/2009 and will not return until 10/19/2009. I will respond to your message when I return....
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Erik_Oberg@...
Oct 13, 2009 2:02 pm
I will be out of the office starting 10/09/2009 and will not return until 10/27/2009. I will respond to your message when I return. Please contact ...
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Azucena_Ponce@...
Oct 13, 2009 4:04 pm
I will be out of the office starting 10/09/2009 and will not return until 10/20/2009....
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 16, 2009 11:28 am
All: I just came across an Andrena miserabilis that I collected 2 springs ago in Lee County, SC. It turns out, however, that the head is clearly male (yellow...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Oct 16, 2009 3:48 pm
... That sort of thing sounds like what happens when an Andrena has a stylopid in it, though I suppose you'd have spotted one if it were there. However, this...
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Marie Springer
friendsofwal...
Oct 19, 2009 12:34 am
Marie Springer, President Friends of Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuges 1547 Route 565, Sussex, NJ 07461 201-660-8880 ... From: Marie...
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Stoner, Kimberly
Kimberly.Stoner@...
Oct 19, 2009 3:44 pm
Hi bee group: For those who would like to see the original scientific paper, the PDF is available as a free download at the website of the Journal of Economic...
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Anita M Collins, Ph.D.
frozenbeedoc@...
Oct 19, 2009 7:31 pm
FYI All, Walter T. Rothenbuhler, Ohio State University, did some work with gynandromorphic Apis mellifera many years ago. He determined that in this species,...
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Kimberly N. Russell
krussell@...
Oct 22, 2009 6:46 pm
Dear All, [I sent this earlier from the wrong e-mail account and I think it therefore did not appear on the list. If it did, forgive the duplicate e-mail...
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Kevin Matteson
Kevmatteson@...
Oct 22, 2009 7:30 pm
Hi Kim, The efficacy of any conservation action for bees in urban plots depends on what types of bees and urban habitat your student is interested in. Cavity ...
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Sandra_Lary@...
Oct 22, 2009 10:08 pm
I will be out of the office starting 10/20/2009 and will not return until 10/27/2009. I will respond to your message when I return....
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C
alrunen
Oct 23, 2009 7:43 am
Joćo Maria Franco de Camargo (20 June 1941 - 7 September 2009) The entire bee community has lost a deep resource of knowledge with the recent passing of Joćo...
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OOWONBS@...
billsf9c
Oct 24, 2009 2:12 am
Any monitoring on the peninsula upon which San Francisco resides? Many Friscans seem to have bees. There's an org also. Esp interested in the mid peninsula. ...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 25, 2009 11:17 pm
All: In past emails we mentioned how we now use a magnetic stirrer to wash our bees. New, these run about $100.00 However, I just ran into a do-it-yourself...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 26, 2009 1:35 am
All: Gretchen LeBuhn, Ed Connor, and myself have been working this past year on a survey design for North American Native Bees along with quite a number of...
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Griswold, Terry
terry.griswold@...
Oct 26, 2009 2:52 pm
I wish the survey proposal a healthy future. I would suggest using the 30 bowls. There are now multiple data sets using 30 bowls in 3 colors from diverse...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 26, 2009 5:29 pm
All: Sharp-eyed Julianna Tuell pointed out that error. Thank you. sam Sam Droege sdroege@... w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5624 USGS Patuxent...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 26, 2009 5:29 pm
Thanks Terry, We are leaning towards 30.....who wouldn't want more bees to look at anyway! sam Sam Droege sdroege@... w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax...
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Crumbling.Deana@...
dcrumbling
Oct 26, 2009 5:48 pm
There are a bunch of stir plates on Ebay. http://www.highandmightybrewing.com/brew/beer+yeast.aspx Other places to buy home brewing stirplates: ...
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Sheila Colla
scolla...
Oct 26, 2009 8:10 pm
Greetings, While bumblebees seem to be a pretty well studied group of insects, weve run into a few taxonomic grey areas in North America. The NAPPC...
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Wilson, Michael E
mwilso14
Oct 27, 2009 1:15 pm
I'm a grad student and part of my project was putting out trap nests in urban and rural areas. It was a very small side part of the project. For our areas,...
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Sheila Colla
scolla...
Oct 27, 2009 1:44 pm
Greetings, While bumblebees seem to be a pretty well studied group of insects, weve run into a few taxonomic grey areas in North America. The NAPPC...
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Julio A. Genaro
polimita@...
Oct 27, 2009 1:45 pm
I agree with Michael According to my West Indian experience colonization of trap nests were very fast and effective in wasps and bees that nest in cavities....
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Hendrix, Stephen D
stephen-hendrix@...
Oct 27, 2009 2:24 pm
We've been looking at cavity nesters here in eastern Iowa over the last couple of summers and I concur with Michael's points below about needed a massive...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 27, 2009 6:52 pm
All: I just got off the phone with the maker of the Princeworks Carpenter Bee Trap (http://www.bee-trap.com/index.htm). I bought a couple traps to test them...
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Liz Day
fervidobombus
Oct 27, 2009 7:42 pm
... Perhaps the difference is related to the bees' motivation. Probably carpenter bees attracted to a hole with their own scent are looking for nests or mates...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Oct 29, 2009 2:39 pm
All: I spotted this article in the EPA's volunteer monitoring newsletter (its free and worth signing up for) ...