<div dir="ltr">Hi All, <div><br></div><div>Are there any design plans or more detailed descriptions available of Brian Dykstra's Plexiglass bee observer?</div><div><br></div><div>I have used tic-tac boxes for small fish and tadpoles. Bit I like the idea of a sponge presser to make the bee sit still.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Dave</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 4:41 AM, 'Droege, Sam' <a href="mailto:sdroege@usgs.gov">sdroege@usgs.gov</a> [beemonitoring] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beemonitoring-noreply@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">beemonitoring-noreply@yahoogroups.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p></p><div dir="ltr"><div>All</div><div><br></div><div>The Very Handy Bee Manual has been revised and extensively updated. The very handy and talented Gene Scarpulla also made what he claimed to be thousands of edits, to conform to society's grammatical and punctuational norms.</div><div><br></div><div>You can download both .pdf and .doc versions at</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/handybeemanual.html" target="_blank">http://bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/handybeemanual.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>or</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/nativebees/" target="_blank">http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/nativebees/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>You can absolutely do whatever you like with them including re-incorporating them into your own manuals or translating them into Lithuanian.</div><div><br></div><div>Send any additions or corrections to me and I will add them to the next version</div><div><br></div><div>sam</div><div><br></div><div><div>Sam Droege <a href="mailto:sdroege@usgs.gov" target="_blank">sdroege@usgs.gov</a> </div><div>w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5624</div><div>USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center</div><div>BARC-EAST, BLDG 308, RM 124 10300 Balt. Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705</div><div><a href="Http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov" target="_blank">Http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov</a></div><div><br></div><div>ENTRANCE</div><div><br></div><div>Whoever you are: step out of doors tonight,</div><div>Out of the room that lets you feel secure.</div><div>Infinity is open to your sight.</div><div>Whoever you are.</div><div>With eyes that have forgotten how to see</div><div>From viewing things already too well-known,</div><div>Lift up into the dark a huge, black tree</div><div>And put it in the heavens: tall, alone.</div><div>And you have made the world and all you see.</div><div>It ripens like the words still in your mouth.</div><div>And when at last you comprehend its truth,</div><div>Then close your eyes and gently set it free.</div><div><br></div><div>- Translated from the German of Rainer Maria Rilke by Dana Gioia</div></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><i><b>Bees are Not Optional</b></i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i><b><font size="1">Apes sunt et non liberum</font><br></b></i></div></div></div>
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