[Pollinator] Milliron Reprints Gone

[Sam Droege]

Posted for Jon Gelhaus...!

Sam - can you post this also:


Bumblebee Research Community:

WOW!  I had 126 requests as this morning for our limited number of 
Milliron Monograph sets. [ I guess I would make a bad businessman 
estimating the demand for a product.]  That said, we are happy here to get 
these to those who can best use them.  But please no more requests.  I 
will fulfill the sets to those I can.  Please don't expect a reply as I 
will not be looking at all the emails.  But what an incredibly responsive 
 research community you folks are!

The Academy of Natural Science's collection has 126 drawers of bumblebees 
(plus approximately 14 drawers worth of specimens from a recent accession 
of Ted Stiles collection).  It is primarily New World in emphasis and 
dates back to some of the earliest North America bee researchers, such as 
E. T. Cresson, donations such as Milliron's collection, and  all the way 
to recent surveys in the New Jersey Pine Barrens and Mongolia (to name two 
disparate locations).  Our primary type database lists 39 Bombus, authored 
by Cresson and Franklin.  So please keep us in mind when you have need to 
study Bombus.  Inquiries about the collection should go to our collection 
manager, Mr. Jason Weintraub (weintraub at ansp.org).  There is a short term 
research fellowship program (2-12 weeks) for graduate students and recent 
graduates to come and use the collection (see   
http://www.ansp.org/research/opportunities/jessup_mchenry.php ).  Next 
deadline is March 1 and entails a one page   research proposal and 
application form. 

We are just starting a major renovation of the collection, including new 
cabinets and storage system, and updated curation.  We don't expect that 
the Hymenoptera collection will be inaccessible for long periods, but 
perhaps for short periods.  So let us know your needs for loans or visits 
as soon as you can.

Best wishes in your research on bumblebees!

Jon Gelhaus


-- 
Jon K. Gelhaus, Ph.D.
Curator of Entomology
The Academy of Natural Sciences,
1900 Ben Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA, USA  19103-1195
215-299-1141; 215-299-1079 FAX
gelhaus at ansp.org; gelhaus at gmail.com

web:http://clade.acnatsci.org/gelhaus
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Undergraduate Research: 
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Historic Peale Collection:
 http://clade.ansp.org/entomology/collections/peale/index.html 
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