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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-46--268747594 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Ulli, Oh boy, I can't wait to try this! :-> It reminds me of the advice that forest rangers used to give people out west about how to differentiate between a black bear and a grizzly: "Throw a rock at the bear and when it chases you climb a tree. If it follows you, it's a black bear. If it doesn't, it's a grizzly." Another illustration of "learning reinforced by punishment" although in this case the duration of the learning might be rather short, given that the life of the student might be somewhat attenuated. Oh well, live (at least for a short interval) and learn! :-> Cheers, Chris On 24-Sep-07, at 9:19 AM, Ulli Hoeger wrote: > A simple test to discriminate between honey bees (Apis mellifera) > and other similar looking species is to let them sting. If the > stinger with venom bladder and some other tissue (muscle and nerve) > is left behind by the bee in your skin and needs to be pulled out > it was a honey bee worker, if no stinger is left behind it wasn't a > honey bee that stung you. Many of the solitary bees are not > capable of penetrating the human skin, no harm done. Bumble bees > can and will, and it hurts a lot. > This method works, trust me, and as a side effect you will learn > quickly to recognize honey bees by looking at them (I think that's > referred to as learning reinforced by punishment) > > Ulli > > > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your > story. > Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> Electronic Resources on Coleoptera, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada http://chebucto.ca/Environment/NHR/coleoptera.html "Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old warhorse at the sound of a trumpet" - Charles Darwin _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ --Apple-Mail-46--268747594 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Hi Ulli,<div><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Oh boy, I = can't wait to try this! :-></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>It reminds me of the = advice that forest rangers used to give people out west about how to = differentiate between a black bear and a grizzly: "Throw a rock at the = bear and when it chases you climb a tree. If it follows you, it's a = black bear. If it doesn't, it's a grizzly." Another illustration of = "learning reinforced by punishment" although in this case the duration = of the learning might be rather short, given that the life of the = student might be somewhat attenuated.</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Oh well, live (at least = for a short interval) and learn! :-></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Chris</div><div><br><div><di= v>On 24-Sep-07, at 9:19 AM, Ulli Hoeger wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite">A simple = test to discriminate between honey bees (Apis mellifera) and other = similar looking species is to let them sting.=A0 If the stinger with = venom bladder and some other tissue (muscle and nerve) is left behind by = the bee in your skin and needs to be pulled out it was a honey bee = worker, if no stinger is left behind it wasn't a honey bee that stung = you.=A0 Many of the solitary bees are not capable of penetrating the = human skin, no harm done.=A0 Bumble bees can and will, and it hurts a = lot.<br>This method works, trust me, and as a side effect you will learn = quickly to recognize honey bees by looking at them=A0 (I think that's = referred to as learning reinforced by = punishment)<br><br>Ulli<br><br><div> <br = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><hr size=3D"1">Moody friends. = Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story.<br> <a = href=3D"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=3D48224/*http://sims.yahoo.com/">Play = Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. </a></blockquote></div><br><div> <p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 </span><<a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></f= ont></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Electronic Resources on = Coleoptera, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times"><a = href=3D"http://chebucto.ca/Environment/NHR/coleoptera.html">http://chebuct= o.ca/Environment/NHR/coleoptera.html</a></font></p> <p style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: = 14.0px"><br></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">"Whenever I hear = of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like</font></p> <p style=3D"margin:= 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">an old warhorse at the sound of a trumpet"<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>- Charles Darwin</font></p> = <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Times" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._</font></p> </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-46--268747594--
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