http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/ Bee Inventory, Monitoring, and ID Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:27:57 GMT Sam Droege http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/969 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/969 All... Dave Barr sent the following suggestion and photo. One question that I had was how much plastic can be around these tubes without having to worry about Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:49:16 GMT Stuart Roberts http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/968 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/968 Pollenophiles I don't know if you are aware that we have a protocol for pollen preparation on our BWARS website: http://www.bwars.com/Resources.htm . It is on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:17:42 GMT Jack Neff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/967 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/967 Doug et al. I take it you want to analyze what pollen bees are actively collecting (scopal pollen) rather than some crude record of what they may, or may not, Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:55:20 GMT Griswold, Terry http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/966 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/966 Please forward this announcement to anyone who might be interested. terry Terry Griswold USDA ARS Bee Biology & Systematics Laboratory Utah State University Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:32:40 GMT Doug Yanega http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/965 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/965 ... Do you have either a simple summary, or links to online copies, of either or both of the techniques you mention? Perhaps more to the point, though, is the Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:55 GMT Peter Bernhardt http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/964 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/964 Dear Colleagues: Dr. Neff is taking us into a sensitive area. The fact remains that the majority of American pollination biologists still refuse to identify Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:01:29 GMT Sam Droege http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/963 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/963 Hi Mark: Thanks for the comments. Actually we were not planning on sending out bees, just the empty tubes and were then going to see what species used the Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:17:03 GMT Jack Neff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/962 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/962 All: I would not be so negative about analyzing past dietary patterns from old pollen, at least for local faunas. Extracting pollen from pinned specimens is Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:39:52 GMT Peter Bernhardt http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/961 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/961 Dear Liz: Yes, Andrew Beattie studied violets and other spring ephemerals but his work changed radically when he moved to Australia in the mid-1980's. He came Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:41:27 GMT Cory Sheffield http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/960 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/960 Hi Doug et al, One possibility that may soon be a reality (as right now it is very expensive) is the use of DNA barcoding (of sorts...different genes than used Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:25:48 GMT Doug Yanega http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/959 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/959 ... Washing and cleaning of bees is a relatively recent technique. Old museum specimens of female bees often still have full scopal loads. Good collectors Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:15:55 GMT RestoreHabitat@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/958 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/958 To All The subject of bee phenology and Redbud is an excellent introduction to two questions, the answers for which I am seeking some assistance: * First Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:53:38 GMT Mark E Kraemer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/957 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/957 Sam & All, Here are my thoughts on using Osmia as a monitor for climate change. I've worked with O. lignaria in Virginia since about 2002. It is likely that Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:31:15 GMT Peter Bernhardt http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/956 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/956 Dear Linda: Let's make something abundantly clear. The viability of pollen on a bee is not the same thing as the survival of pollen in the air. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:35:49 GMT David Inouye http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/955 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/message/955 Aylor, D. E. (2004). "Survival of maize ( Zea mays ) pollen exposed in the atmosphere." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 123 (3-4): 125-133. The ability of