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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hi Peter,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I’m interested in pursuing this topic as well but so far have found few examples in the literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Attached are two techniques that have had some success. One is the creation of scrapes or mini bays and the other involves the formation of sand dunes. I am in the process of experimenting with adobe nesting blocks for anthophorine bees, similar to those used by Suzanne Batra. Perhaps in a few months I too will have positive results to share.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hope these serve as inspiration,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Lisa Kuder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>University of MD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Pollinator [<a href="mailto:pollinator-bounces+lkuder=umd.edu@lists.sonic.net">mailto:pollinator-bounces+lkuder=umd.edu@lists.sonic.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Bernhardt<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 09, 2015 11:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> Hank<br><b>Cc:</b> Pollinator Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pollinator] [GRAYMAIL] Fwd: Bee hotels may not be that good<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Good. I think this question hits the nail on the head and should be open to two lines of discussion.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1) Since most North American bees are ground nesters can someone provided information or literature on constructing sites that are friendly to nesting females? Should we be conserving old, stone walls, boulder piles, sand pits and how do we make our own?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2) Here is the most difficult question. Has anyone access to dependable research how many honeybee hives can be placed in a particular site without stressing the native pollinators? Yes this is a very touchy subject and I don't want to open old wounds. Due to the eusocial system and huge populations of workers in hives older literature (from Australia) tends to show how adept they are at draining native nectar resources and collecting pollen. We've no evidence that commercial honeybee hives cause local extinctions of other species, do we? We seem to have some evidence (from Panama) that, as hive numbers go up, the population densities of native nectar foragers can go down. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Peter<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Hank <<a href="mailto:acorn@treenuts.ca" target="_blank">acorn@treenuts.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Our local beekeepers here in Ottawa Canada want to help wild pollinators, too. Since 'bee hotels’ are not good, what can these folks do, if anything, to make the pollinator world better while still getting their honey and beeswax? Hank<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 29, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Peter Bernhardt <<a href="mailto:bernhap2@slu.edu" target="_blank">bernhap2@slu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A colleague sent the attached this morning. You may find this of interest. In the past, I have found the research of Dr Packer very dependable. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Peter Bernhardt<span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Gerardo R Camilo, Ph.D.<br>Assoc. Professor of Biology<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Bioinformatics and Computational Biology<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'> & International Studies<br>Conservation Fellow, St. Louis Zoo<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'><journal.pone.0122126.pdf>_______________________________________________</span></span><span style='color:#888888'><br><span class=hoenzb>Pollinator mailing list</span><br><span class=hoenzb><a href="mailto:Pollinator@lists.sonic.net" target="_blank">Pollinator@lists.sonic.net</a></span><br><span class=hoenzb><a href="https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator" target="_blank">https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Pollinator mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Pollinator@lists.sonic.net">Pollinator@lists.sonic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator" target="_blank">https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>