All: I recently ran across the Hymenoptera Online database and the attendant Specimage database for Hymenoptera collections associated with the Ohio State...
The Pollinators Project of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), is pleased to announce the publication of eleven new dichotomous bee keys...
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...
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....
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
... 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...
