Online Resources for those interested in Bee Identification and Monitoring Programs
A MANUAL that covers most aspects of the monitoring, collection, identification, specimen processing, and curation of bee specimens:
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/nativebees/Handy%20Bee%20Manual/Handy%20Bee%20M...
or
http://bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/handybeemanual.html
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Species lists, Identification Guides, and Maps for ALL GENERA in North America, CARIBBEAN, AND MEXICO are available along with all the species East of the Mississippi, and many of the western species
http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Apoidea
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David Inouye has created a database of pollinator references. It can be accessed here
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A guide to the GENERA of the bees of eastern Canada is available at:
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/ejournal/pgs_03/pgs_03.html
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Mitchell’s 1960’s BOOK on the bees of the Eastern United States is available as a series of pdf files at:
http://insectmuseum.org/easternBees.php
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A slightly out of date guide to the identification of the GENERA of ALL of North America is available at:
http://www.knoxcellars.com/Merchant5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code...
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Online DISCUSSIONS and listserv for bee identification and monitoring is available at:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/beemonitoring/
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A set of YouTube VIDEOS that talk about monitoring of bees, agriculture, biology, and specimen preparation
http://www.youtube.com/user/swdroege
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A set of SLIDESHOWS highlighting the identification of the genera of bees of Eastern North America is available at:
(search on “Droege”) or http://www.slideshare.net/sdroege
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A collection of BEE FAUNAS for the world is being assembled at:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/Faunas/
If you have published or unpublished faunas that are not listed please send to sam at sdroege@usgs.gov
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A pilot project report using permanent GLYCOL TRAPS is located at:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/Draft%20USFS%20Glycol%20Re...
and will be the model for a U.S. wide monitoring program.
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A very complete BIBLIOGRAPHY of 10,000 records of pollinator biology at
http://www.mendeley.com/groups/2544001/inouye-pollinator-reference-datab...
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MP3 files for how to pronounce the common bee genera of North America are available at:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/
under the file names Bee PronunciationAudio....
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Free hi resolution pictures of bees under copyright free creative Commons license.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/