[Pollinator] [beemonitoring] Prepare for Unhappy News

[Lisa Horth]

​Peter,

Thanks for sharing the news in this difficult time.

I wonder if there is an address to which we can send 'Thank you for your
work' cards to Dr Michener. ​If he is unable to value them, perhaps his
family still will.

While I did not know him personally his book and contributions are very
valuable to our lab.


Lisa





On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Peter Bernhardt bernhap2 at slu.edu
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>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> I was contacted by Walter Michener, the son of Dr Charles Michener, our
> great bee taxonomist.  Dr Michener senior is in hospice.  His son believes
> that Dr Michener has only a few more days.
>
> I've been wrestling with this information for several hours, uncertain as
> to whether to circulate it.  Dr Michener has been identifying bees for our
> laboratory for a quarter of a century.  What he did not identify he sent to
> colleagues.  The two of us exchanged brief emails over the past months as
> he intended to identify specimens I sent him from Yunnan, China, collected
> over last summer.  His son, Walter, found the communications and formed me
> of his father's condition.
>
> Many of you have also benefited from Dr. Michener's professional
> expertise, guidance and his personal kindness.  It is probably best to wait
> for a final announcement from his family, the KSU museum and the press
> before expressing condolences,  That is what I will do.  Perhaps we might
> think privately about future tributes.
>
> A link to Michener's wiki is provided.  Please note he is 97 years old.
> Consider the remarkably long time in which he helped us and made bee
> biology comprehensible.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Duncan_Michener
>
> Sincerely,
> Peter Bernhardt, Prof. of Biology, Saint Louis U.
> Research Associate: The Missouri Botanical Garden
> Research Associate: Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney
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Old Dominion University
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