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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

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Subject: Re: [SANET-MG] Bees in the USA
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:55:41 -0700
From: Matthew Shepherd (Xerces Society) <mdshepherd@XERCES.ORG>
Reply-To: mdshepherd@xerces.org
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

Thanks to Carl for highlighting the work that Sam Droege and his colleagues have been doing. Their work is wonderful, 
but it is focused on surveying for and identifying bees. Two of the results of this are a standardized pan-trapping 
method for surveys and an ID key to bee genera of the eastern US. The key is accessible on the Discover Life website. 
Quite simply, it's phenomenal, an incredible resource for people east of the Rockies. (Being on the West Coast, I'm 
really jealous!) The Bug Guide site will also help ID bees, but does not have a key, so you have to have an idea of what 
to look for before you search.

Knowing what bees you have on your land is a great first step in understanding them and then deciding what to do. If you 
want more information on what to do to help native bees, please visit our web site, www.xerces.org. Under the pollinator 
conservation program, you'll find conservation guidelines for several types of land, including farms, parks and 
greenspaces, and golf courses, and info for gardeners. Most of the documents are available for free download as PDF 
files. The farm guidelines, "Farming for Bees," is just being revised, so if you return to our web site in about three 
weeks you'll find the 2nd edition available for free download.

And if you have any questions, I'll be happy to try to answer them.

Best wishes,
        Matthew

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> Hello All:
>   
>  I attended a seminar at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge today.
> The presenter was Sam Droege of the USGS. His email address is
> sam_droege@usgs.gov. His phone number is 301-497-5840. He talked about
> native bees and the work that he is doing regarding the bee crisis. He
> gave us some web sites for reference, namely, www.bugguide.net and
> www.discoverlife.org
>   
>  If you have an interest in helping him with his work, feel free to
> contact him.
>   
>  Carl DuPoldt
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