It looks like about 5 female and 2 male Xylocopa virginica virginica. Hypothesis: Females were feeding on the goose dropping, possibly obtaining salt. Two...
I took this short video yesterday at Fort Frederick State Park in Maryland. Does anyone have a clue as to what is going on with these Large Carpenter Bees? ...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
May 16, 2013 7:32 pm
... From: De Angelis, Patricia <patricia_deangelis@...> Date: Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:38 AM Subject: [Pollinator] Fwd: Subject: Happy Endangered Species...
Googling Dutch Bees produced this site: http://www.wildebijen.nl/beeguide.html It has lists of the 262  spp reported from the Netherlands.  Common names...
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Julie Tennis
julietennis@...
May 10, 2013 5:20 pm
Hello! I am going to the Netherlands in a few weeks and am hoping to see some native bees while I'm there. Does anyone on the list have experience with bees...
... I watched the carpenter bees on my blueberries this spring (they bloomed early, and I did not observe any blueberry bees until the following week, when...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 29, 2013 7:44 pm
Trust a British Economics magazine to publicize this old story. ... From: Donna Rodgers <Donna.Rodgers@...> Date: Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:29 AM Subject:...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 26, 2013 3:29 pm
Here is some recent footage of our field project on Uvularia grandiflora. The video was taken by Dr Retha Meier (St. Louis University). Peter Bernhardt ...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 26, 2013 1:54 pm
Dear Peter: Thank you for the paper and the articles. I have sent them to members of NAPPC and other organizations. Peter ... From: Peter Raven...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 26, 2013 1:52 pm
... From: Peter Raven <Peter.Raven@...> Date: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:11 PM Subject: Science March 29, 2013 Perspectives: The Global Plight of ...
Thank you to everybody who voted for the bumble bee in Endangered Species Chocolate's "Vote New Faces for New Flavors" campaign in response to the emails I...
... I'm skeptical about the dead bees piling up. It is mildly toxic; but the worst I've seen is some dead brood, and that is only on the years when it has a...
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Cane, Jim
Jim.Cane@...
Apr 23, 2013 2:52 pm
Carol- the native blueberry pollinator, Habropoda laboriosa, is in your region, and will regularly use this plant for nectar if blueberry bloom is pending or...
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Robinson Wainwright S...
rsudan@...
Apr 23, 2013 12:52 pm
In my experience, large-bodied Bombus and Xylocopa seem to be attracted to it. And from a purely aesthetic point of view, I think it's a lovely plant. Sent...
I have a Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) in my garden and this is the first year that it has bloomed. It is covered with yellow blossoms. I...
Attached is a pdf with better photos of these bees. Looks like /Halictus/ sp. Thanks so all the good comments. On the news that Bombus can use floral ...
All: You might be interested in checking out the new biodiversity server at: http://bison.usgs.ornl.gov/# Allows you to do a variety of species searches,...
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Anita M. Collins
frozenbeedoc@...
Apr 17, 2013 1:41 am
I do know that honey bees are attracted to the black foam TV crews use to cover microphones. While filming any number of segments on Africanized honey bees,...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Apr 16, 2013 10:51 pm
... The resolution on the photo isn't good enough to tell what kind of bees they are, though they are clearly over 1 cm long, and not carpenter bees; as such,...
A survey crew in the Klamath mountains in California noticed a large number of solitary bees landing on their GPS receiving antenna. See the attached...
Voting to choose two new animals to be featured on Endangered Species Chocolate bars continues until Sunday. We asked for your support last week, and I wanted...
Gordon- Looks like you have had lot of good comments. I tend to agree more with the folks using 1, 2, and 3's. Here are some of the trade off's and thoughts: -...
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Gordon.Hutchings@...
Apr 16, 2013 5:47 pm
When I first started out, the glue we used was a paste made from resin and EtOH. I don't know if this is still around or used but I've sinced used white glue...
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Jason Gibbs
dialictus@...
Apr 16, 2013 4:24 pm
If anyone wants a paper to cite on this subject see the attached one [in German]. Ebmer uses smaller pins than most would recommend (00). These do bend easily...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Apr 16, 2013 1:08 pm
Dear Gordon: It sounds to me like we need some sort of guidance in the form of a publication in a reviewed journal. it should have a title like, "Pinning bees...
Hi everyone, I’m a student working on urban bees, I dont have the experience of many of you in the discussion but I spent three years working haft time...
I use stainless #2s for everything and glue the small stuff directly to the pin. Â Points are OK but have no obvious advantages over direct glueing as far as I...
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Gordon.Hutchings@...
Apr 15, 2013 10:11 pm
Wow! What a range of answers from all so far but the concensus is to use 0-3 pins only and if smaller, to glue on the side of a #3 pin. This sure is different...
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Cane, Jim
Jim.Cane@...
Apr 15, 2013 10:04 pm
Peter, Gordon and others- I use 1s, 2s and 3s matched for bee size (don't want to obliterate thoracic dorsum if a key then asks for its punctuation, as you...
