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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>April's Eastern Bee Targets<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">See <a href="https://jarrodfowler.com/specialist_bees.html">
https://jarrodfowler.com/specialist_bees.html</a> for more details as well as March’s targets for those up North.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mostly we are talking about Florida and the Mid-South here, but often these patterns will apply further north.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Early <i>Vaccinium</i> Specialists – <i>Andrena bradleyi, A. Carolina, Osmia virga</i>. These species are undersampled, but expect a good diversity of
<i>Andrena</i> and other genera also on these shrubs. We will save the deer and cranberry groups of
<i>Vacciniums</i> for the May targets.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Andrena distans</i> – Geraniums, very much an under-collected species these days. Are they still around? Wild geraniums are, so get out there and look.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Andrena erythronii</i> – Dog-toothed violets are often abundant, but this bee rarely shows up, or is it that we simply bypass sampling on Dog-toothed violets?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Andrena gardeneri</i> – Found regularly on <i>Packera</i> (golden ragwort)<i>,
</i>but relatively few recent records, also please collect any <i>Nomada</i> in the area as
<i>Nomada seneciophila</i> has only recently shown back up after many years of absence in collections. It appears to be a specialist on
<i>A. gardener</i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Andrena geranii</i> – <i>Hydrophyllum</i> (waterleafs). Again, not often now collected. Spend more time in spring woodlands looking for bees please.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Phacelia</i> specialists - <i>Andrena lamelliterga</i> (very few Eastern records right now), ditto
<i>A. phaceliae</i>, <i>Colletes willistoni</i>, <i>Hoplitis simplex</i> (also found on
<i>Nemophila</i>). All these species are rarely recorded now in the East. Perhaps more time collecting in the Appalachians will reveal more records.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Andrena ziziae</i> - <i>Zizia</i>! Golden Alexander. Widely planted in urban gardens, but does its bee specialist friend also occur there? Please look<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Potentilla </i>bees - <i>Panurginus potentillae, Anderna ziziaeformis, A. melanochroa</i> – Tiny bees. Oh, my, is there ever work to do here, every weedy lot (and your lawn, presuming your don’t have lawn care) is covered in Cinquefoils,
both native and non-native. So, which of these plants supports the native bees. Find out, you have plenty of time…(Hint, look in crappy areas with lots of bare soil)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Perdita floridensis</i> – Southern/Floridian. Listed as <i>
Ilex</i> specialist (mostly likely the shruby group), but I know nothing about this species, so you are on your own.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Lyonia</i> bees – <i>Perdita novaeangliae</i> , <i>Colletes productus, Melitta melittoides.
</i>All very rarely collected, perhaps just due to the fact that biologists spend too much time on their computers and not enough time looking at
<i>Lyonia</i>…can they even identify <i>Lyonia</i> (sorry, being anti-sanguine there)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Opuntia</i> bees - <i>Melissodes mitchelli,</i> <i>Lithurgopsis gibbosa.</i> Its hard to find big patches of prickly pear cacti these days, but there are still places in the southern sandhills and in the back dunes. These are bees that
must be sought out in deep sand only during cactus bloom. I can guarantee that you will also find other good bees in those same places.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Colletes banksi</i> – <i>Ilex</i> specialist…most likely in the winterberry group.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">sam<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F">Spring</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">To what purpose, April, do you return again? </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">Beauty is not enough. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">You can no longer quiet me with the redness </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">Of little leaves opening stickily. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">I know what I know. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">The sun is hot on my neck as I observe </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">The spikes of the crocus. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">The smell of the earth is good. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">It is apparent that there is no death. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">But what does that signify? </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">Not only under ground are the brains of men </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">Eaten by maggots. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">Life in itself </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">Is nothing, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">It is not enough that yearly, down this hill, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">April </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white">Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#3F3F3F;background:white"> - EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Be Kinder than Necessary<o:p></o:p></p>
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