Tag Archives: St-Croix

Flying high

Posted on March 22, 2013 by saraguitiprado

This trip to St-Croix was pretty incredible. Concerning my research project, we found a good number of new bees (some new records, and some maybe entirely new species), and this was just by surveying the center and SE of the … Continue reading →

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Three new bees in St-Croix

Posted on March 19, 2013 by saraguitiprado

Good afternoon everyone, as my island friends would say. I have good news to report from St-Croix! Just from surveying two farms, yesterday, we found two new bees, previously unrecorded to the island. One, the large, extremely conspicuous Xylocopa mordax … Continue reading →

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Exploring St-Croix

Posted on February 8, 2013 by saraguitiprado

Since I was only in St-Croix for 2 days, I didn’t get to see much…but I did have time to walk around the small, but beautiful campus.  This is a picture of the Research and Extension Center’s building. Inside, there … Continue reading →

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Island hopping in the Caribbean

Posted on February 7, 2013 by saraguitiprado

After surveying the bees in Puerto Rico, I flew to St-Croix to find agricultural fields to survey. Although the trip was just a couple of days long, it was quite an experience! First, flying from SJU to STX was probably … Continue reading →

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