Attack of the Killer Wasps
Based on our conversation with Dr. Steve Peterson we decided to explore the contents of the three PVC tubes at Site1a2. It ended up in a...
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Jim Sarina
Mar 25, 2019
Conversation with Dr Steve Peterson
Yesterday, we had a conversation with our advisor Dr Steve Peterson of Foothill Bee Ranch about our plans to distribute bees/habitats to...
Jim Sarina
Mar 20, 2019
A Busy Bee
We've deployed all the bees in the Phoenix lakeside residential lots. Here's a female bee hard at work in her tube at Site1a1b. She left...
Jim Sarina
Mar 17, 2019
We Added One More Habitat to Site1a1 and Some Updates
We added one more habitat, consisting of 80 cocoons and a 4 by 8 habitat from Gene's project last year. The habitat is set at 64 inches...
Jim Sarina
Mar 15, 2019
Temperature and Humidity
We purchased five Ecowitt DS-102 temperature and humidity data loggers from Amazon. These small devices log temperature and humidity at a...
Jim Sarina
Mar 14, 2019
Costs of the Study
We have documented the costs (and travel) of the study in this spreadsheet. Travel for the trip consisted of 17 trips, involving 23...
Jim Sarina
Mar 14, 2019
We Added Another Habitat
Previously we deployed four habitats at two locations. Today we are adding another habitat to our current location Site1a2. This will be...
Jim Sarina
Mar 11, 2019
The Birds Came Back
Previously, we had a bird sitting on one of the habitats looking hungry as the bees emerge from the PVC pipe. It is happening again so we...
Jim Sarina
Mar 11, 2019
First Distribution of Bees-Next Day with Bees Emerging and Bird Danger
Yesterday we did our first distribution of bees at a lake side residential lot in the Phoenix area (Site1a2). Today the bees have started...
Jim Sarina
Mar 10, 2019
First Distribution of Bees
Today we did our first distribution of bees at a lake side residential lot in the Phoenix area (Site1a2). This site has numerous plants...
Jim Sarina
Mar 7, 2019
A Bee Habitat to Study the Egg Laying and Maturing Process
We use this single layer bee habitat: …covered with transparent glass to observe the process and progress of the bee as she does her work.
Jim Sarina
Feb 18, 2019
We Received the Bees
We received the 5,000 bees, actually they are still cocoons. We would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of the Orchard Bee...
Jim Sarina
Feb 12, 2019
We Ordered the Bee Habitats
Today we ordered mason bee habitat kits from Watts Solitary Bees. Jim Watts was extremely helpful in determining how many and what types...
Jim Sarina
Jan 31, 2019
We Have Submitted Our Proposal
Today we submitted our Proposal to the United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) at Logan, Utah....
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