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this pretty burrowing bee is gracing our garden, it makes little mounds with glued together soil, and we find more nests this year!
Sweat bees: Halictus harmonius
(Hymenoptera: [Apoidea:] Halictidae: Halictinae: Halictini)
Profile prepared by Dr. Laurence Packer, York University
Halictus harmonius is a rare localized species that has only ever been recorded from the foothills of the San Bernardino and, but with less certainty, from the San Jacinto mountains in Southern California. This whole area is subject to considerable anthropogenic disturbance through construction, pollution and agriculture. The species is active for long periods in spring and summer and appears to be primitively eusocial with macrocephalic queens and smaller workers. It appears not to be restricted in pollen and nectar source plants. A survey of suitable habitat in the small area from which the species is known is badly required.
Halictus harmonius is a member of the subgenus Seladonia. This is the only subgenus of Halictine bee in North America that has the combination of greenish metallic coloration and apical bands of pale hairs on the metasomal terga. Halictine bees can be readily identified on the basis of the strongly curved basal vein and, except in certain cleptoparasitic forms, by the pseudopygidial area on female T5. Identification of bees of this subgenus cannot be made on the basis of the apical bands on pubescence in old, or worn specimens. In such instances, the absence of a cleft in the apex of T5 combined with strong apical wing veins and greenish coloration, are sufficient to diagnose a specimen as belonging to the correct subgenus. Halictus harmonius is easily separated from other Seladonia species in North America by its minute size, less than 4.5mm in length. The most likely bees to be confused with H. harmonius are species of the Lasioglossum subgenus Dialictus, most of which are similar in size and coloration. However, Dialictus have weakened apical forewing veins and, if they have bands of pubescence on the metasoma, these are basal rather than apical.
Taxonomic status
Halictus (Seladonia) harmonius Sandhouse, 1941. The subgeneric and generic level classifications of bees in Halictus has long been inconsistent with different authors incorporating different concepts. The most commonly accepted concept is that Halictus comprises those strongly veined, non-parasitic members of the tribe Halictini that have apical bands of hairs on the metasomal terga and with an obtuse epistomal lobe. The latter feature differentiates the genus from Pseudagapostemon, a genus that is restricted to South America. Past authors sometimes considered those taxa with weakened apical wing veins as belonging here. In North America, all such weakened veined bees are generally considered to be members of the speciose genus Lasioglossum which itself has a checkered and complex subgeneric classification.
Halictus has been considered to be comprised of three subgenera by most North American researchers. These are Halictus sensu stricto, Seladonia, and Vestitohalictus. Only the former two subgenera are found in the New World. Pesenko considers both subgenera to deserve generic rank but with Vestitohalictus sunk within Seladonia, and he recognizes numerous subgenera within both Halictus and Seladonia.
There are seven species of Seladonia in North America, the most common of which, H. confuses, is a Holarctic species. H. virgatellus is found at high altitude in the rocky mountains, H. tripartitus is known from the U.S. southwest where it is common.
This species has been collected at various times during spring, summer and early fall (from May to September). Size variation among females with the larger ones being macrocephalic and the results of dissection of a small sample of individuals collected in early summer all suggest that it is a primitively eusocial species with a colony cycle typical for halictines with this type of sociality. Thus, only mated potential queens survive the winter, produce a brood of females in spring, and males emerge later in the year to mate with the new generation of overwintering females.
Those sites where the species has been collected for which detailed habitat data are available suggest that it is a “weedy” species. A longish series recently collected was obtained from the edge of a new housing development in an overgrown vegetable garden where they were found foraging upon California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). It has also been collected from California (or Eastern Mojave) buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum).
Based upon comparisons with related species, the nests of this species are expected to consist of narrow burrows in the soil, perhaps branched during the summer provisioning phase, and with brood cells arising from the burrows directly rather than being at the end of their own separate lateral burrow extensions. Cavity construction around the brood cells, as is known for some bees in the subfamily, is not expected.
This species has been recorded with certainty only from the foothills of the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains in southern California. It is known only from San Bernardino and Riverside counties with its center of distribution apparently being San Timoteo Canyon. Earlier records from Colorado (Krombein et al., 1979) have not been verified and have been discounted (Moure and Hurd, 1987; Janjic and Packer, 2001). The fact that the area to which this species is endemic was surveyed in some detail over an extended period by a melittologist based at Riverside (P. H. Timberlake) who collected comparatively few specimens of it (approximately two dozen), suggests that it has not been an abundant species for at least 50 years.
Development of the area in which this species has been found has been intense and some of its earlier localities are now covered with roads and buildings. Habitat modification of some suitable areas has probably resulted from the construction of vacation homes in the San Bernardino Mountain area as well as urban expansion. The area in which it has been found harbors considerable agricultural development and also receives a great deal of pollution from Los Angeles. The species’ response to drought is unknown.
As it is unlikely that this species is narrowly specialized on any particular flower or to a highly specific nesting site, it is possible that its conservation needs might be comparatively easily met once its other habitat requirements are recognized.
A detailed survey for this species should be made during the spring and early summer of a year in which there has been adequate winter rainfall. A wide variety of habitats, including artificial and otherwise anthropogenically altered sites, should be surveyed for it. The flowers preferred by this species should be investigated, as should its preferred nesting substrate.
Janjic, J., and L. Packer. 2001. New descriptions of Halictus (Seladonia) from the New World (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 10:55-75.
Krombein, K. V., P. D. Hurd, Jr., D. R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Catalog of the Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico, vol. 2, Apocrita. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. xvii+pp. 1199-2209.
Moure, J. S., and P. D. Hurd. 1987. An annotated catalogue of the Halictid bees of the Western Hemisphere. vii+405pp. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Sandhouse, G. A. 1941. The American bees of the subgenus Halictus. Entomologica Americana (n.s.), 21:23-38.
Localizing a "robot" in Processing using sequential sensor readings (adapted from Sebastian Thrun's Self-Driving Car Udacity course).
And these are the antennas fed by all that cabling. (Just a note- must have been a guy designing these.) Radiate off the front with reflectors in the rear.
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A very localized rain shower floats over the Pacific during tonight's sunset—notice the faint band of rain across the water.
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Runway 7L localizer antenna array at LAX. These guide instrument landings coming in over the Pacific on the rare times when winds prevail from the east. Landings going in the other direction (toward a localizer at the opposite end of the same runway) are said to be on Runway 25R. The frequency for this localizer is 111.10MHz. I shot this while my United flight from Newark was landing on the runway next door, 25L.
Bengalaru International Airport
The Kannada logo of Jus Booster Juice
One of the best localized logos.
I was the event photographer for Workbar's latest speaker series event at their Cambridge location on May 25th. The topic was localized marketing.
Moderator:
Colin Barry, Editor & Contributor at VentureFizz
Panelists:
Armandina Cueva, Global Marketing Operations Producer at Netflix
Damien Smith, Marketing Director at Yelp Boston
Eric Groves, Co-Founder at Alignable.com
Daniel Murphy, Marketing at Drift
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We went to the Catholic Diocese of Madison today to localize the earthquake in Haiti. The Diocese is immediately sending $25,000 to their Catholic Relief Services in Haiti.
This is their media release if your interested.
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Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Norfolk-based 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team transport a Chesapeake firefighter to assess localized flooding Sept. 3, 2016, in Chesapeake, Virginia. The Virginia National Guard has more than 270 Soldiers staged and ready for possible severe weather response operations Sept. 3, 2016, in the Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore areas. As part of the state’s multi-agency response, the Guard has Soldiers with Humvees, light/medium tactical trucks and chain saws ready to assist with high water transport and debris reduction if needed. Read more at go.usa.gov/xWSE3. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)
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29 May 2017 - Brussels, Belgium - PLATFORMA-CEMR event "UN Global Goals. Triggering a wave of local action in Europe and beyond". © BR&U/ Bernal Revert
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Cep164 (black) localizes to the distal appendages of mature centrioles, where it helps form primary cilia. (JCB 179(2) TOC3)
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Reference: Graser et al. (2007) J. Cell Biol. 179:321-330.
Published on: October 22, 2007.
doi: 10.1083/jcb.200707181.
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This panorama was taken from a parking lot in Amherst NY about 10 miles north of the storm. This storm was fascinating. It was so tightly localized to south Buffalo and was 20 miles or so wide. Outside of the zone (under the clouds see above) the weather was sunny and pleasant, although very windy. That wind was the driving force of the snow. The wind was so straight and strong that it created a line, like a conveyor belt picking up moisture from Lake Erie and dropping on South Buffalo. Locals know this weather pattern as "Lake Effect Snow" and I guess the nation now knows that term as well. Lake Effect Snow is common occurrence up here. Moisture from the lake gets picked up and brought ashore where it is driven up high into the atmosphere where it condenses and falls as snow. Lake Effect snow comes and goes all winter. It can be a few minutes of flakes or a blizzard as seen in the recent storm. Although as a passionate lover of Buffalo I always find it necessary to let people know that Buffalo is FAR from the snow and cold capital of the world. People jokingly ask me if we have snow shoes in July (answer is NO). I think the best description of our weather is that it changes on a dime. It can be sunny and mild and a few hours later snowing a blizzard and then as fast as it starts it can blow away. Winter temperatures can get into the minuses but I have also seen 60 degree days in January. Occasionally the winds and moisture align just right and produce a storm like that seen on November 14.
"Osprey populations found within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are localized along the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf with breeding largely restricted to islands. Migrating ospreys may also be seen inland near large sewage pools or reservoirs. The largest colonies are found in the Al Wejh and Farasan Islands, both archipelagos maintain 60-80 breeding pairs. A maximum of ten breeding pairs are known in the Gulf where climate extremes are much greater and marine flora and fauna less diverse."
This Osprey was photographed near a sewage effluent pool several miles inland from the Gulf, which makes it quite rare.
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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