<div dir="ltr"><div hspace="streak-pt-mark" style="max-height:1px"><img style="width:0px;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden" src="https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=aamdyYWhhbTMxNTRAZ21haWwuY29t&type=zerocontent&guid=41c24f18-c74e-454e-b3ad-b6885be6d297"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">ᐧ</font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello all, </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I'd like to share our recent publication: <div><br>The Potential Management of a Ground-Nesting, Solitary Bee: <i>Anthophora abrupta</i>
(Hymenoptera: Apidae) <br><div><br>Here is the link to the pdf (also attached):<br><a href="http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1653/024.098.0220" target="_blank">http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1653/024.098.0220</a><br><br> <br><div>Abstract:</div><div>In Apr 2010, <i>Anthophora abrupta</i> (Say) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) was discovered nesting in open bags of colloidal clay in Gainesville, Florida, USA, in an open-air shed. Label data from <i>A. abrupta</i> specimens in the Hymenoptera holdings of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods indicated that no specimen had been collected previously from Alachua County and that the most recent Floridian specimen was collected in 1987. This suggests that <i>A. abrupta</i> may be locally rare and possibly in decline or threatened regionally. Many of the plants that <i>A. abrupta</i> is reported to visit are listed as threatened or endangered in 1 or more states. In an effort to study the potential management and conservation of this species, the original nest aggregation was split in 2012 and 2013, and the splits were moved to new nest sites to see if they would establish at the new sites. Both mother and daughter nest aggregations were monitored in Spring of 2012–2014. Herein, a brief review of <i>A. abrupta</i> natural history, an account of the attempts to split the aggregations for new nest establishment, and suggestions for the potential management of this beneficial insect are discussed.</div><br clear="all"><div>I hope you enjoy reading the paper as much as I enjoyed working on this project. <br>I also appreciate any feedback you may want to give at <a href="mailto:Jrgraham@hawaii.edu" target="_blank">Jrgraham@hawaii.edu</a>. </div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Many thanks for all of the work that you do for our pollinators, </div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Jason <br><br></div>--<br><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b><font size="2" face="garamond, serif">Jason R. Graham, PhD</font></b></p><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:small"><font face="garamond, serif">University of Hawaii- Manoa</font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font size="2" face="garamond, serif">Department of Plant and </font><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small">Environmental Protection Sciences</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font size="2" face="garamond, serif">3050 Maile Way, Gilmore 310 </font><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small">Honolulu, HI 96822</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font size="2" face="garamond, serif">Cell: <a href="tel:%28352%29%20519-9592" value="+13525199592" target="_blank">(352) 519-9592</a></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font size="2" face="garamond, serif"><a href="mailto:Jrgraham@hawaii.edu" target="_blank">Jrgraham@hawaii.edu</a></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://www.ufnativebuzz.com/" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" target="_blank"><font face="garamond, serif">www.ufnativebuzz.com</font></a></p><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font face="garamond, serif"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nbnsproject" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/nbnsproject</a></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><div dir="ltr"></div></div>
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