[Pollinator] Fwd: Incorrect Photo, Paper edition

[Peter Bernhardt]

There now, see how easy that was.  Mind you, I was forced to be nice.  Do I
have to do everything around here?!

Peter
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From: Joshua A. Krisch <krisch613 at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: Incorrect Photo, Paper edition
To: Peter Bernhardt <bernhap2 at slu.edu>


Dear Professor Bernhardt,

I have forwarded your email to our photo editor at the Science Times.
Please let me know if you do not hear back from somebody by the end of the
day. I expect that, if indeed an error was made, the Times will issue an
appropriate correction.

Please do not hesitate to be in touch if you need anything else.


Best,

Josh

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Peter Bernhardt <bernhap2 at slu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Mr. Krisch:
>
> Would you mind telling the editor or sub-editor of "Science Tuesday" that
> your blurb about bumblebees has the wrong photo in the hard copy edition.
> I still have a paper subscription and noticed the error over bran buds and
> yogurt.  The insect in the photo is not a bumblebee (Bombus).  It is a
> carpenter bee (Xylocopa).  The incorrect photo was changed for the online
> page of a true bumblebee (Bombus) on a sunflower (Helianthus), but somehow
> the people in charge of illustrating D8 for this morning never got the
> news.
>
> Bombus and Xylocopa belong to the same bee family (Apidae) but have
> different life habits and different pollen collecting gear.  It's a bit
> like mistaking a human for a gibbon or simiang.  Note that the bee on the
> paper edition has a long abdomen that lacks the characteristic hairy bands
> on a bumblebee for starters.
>
> When obtaining information on the identity and conservation of pollinators
> please consider the following website...https://pollinator.org/index.html.
>
> If not, the free list-serf, Bee United <beemonitoring at yahoogroups.com>
> should put you in touch with some of the best insect taxonomists in North
> America.  Our lab must make use of the talents of these people due to the
> great diversity of our native pollinators (see attached).
>
> Sincerely,
> Peter Bernhardt, Prof. of Biology
> Saint Louis University
> Research Assoc: The Missouri Botanic Garden
> Research Assoc: Royal Botanic Garden and Domain Trust (Sydney, NSW)
> Tel. Office: 314-977-7152
>



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