pollination question

[Patrick Foley]

John,

NOAA is the National Oceanic and Aerospace Administration (or something like
that) and oddly enough they watch over the endangered marine species on our
shores.

Patrick
patfoley at csus.edu

John Grehan wrote:

> 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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