pollination question

[John Grehan]

Perhaps my ignorance is unforgivable, but what on earth is NOAA? (i.e. 
please supplement acronyms with organizations named in full for the benefit 
of the ignorant).

John Grehan

At 03:07 PM 8/15/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Ron,
>
>Perhaps the original statement was something like 80% of flowers are visited
>(rarely!) by beetles. Certainly bees win the maximum pollination reward. I
>can't back this up with a quote or study at present since I am 3000 miles
>from my library in Washington, giving a talk on extinction at a NOAA
>workshop. All lepidopterists with 30 dollars in their pocket should buy
>Proctor, Yeo and somebody new, the best overview of pollination biology
>around.
>
>Patrick
>patfoley at csus.edu
>
>Ron Gatrelle wrote:
>
> > A few weeks ago I read on the web some place that over 80% of pollination
> > is done by beetles. I deleted this and don't recall any other info. Does
> > any one else here have a ref for this. I think we lepsters usually think
> > butterflies and moths are right up there behind bees. If I heard this
> > right, "we" are all way behind beetles in this. Please answer to us all.
> > Ron
> >
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