Connected on 2008-05-22 12:00:00
from Troy, NY, US
- 12:04 pm
- TeacherThe students will be logging on in about 15 minutes. I just wanted to see if everything was up and running. Looks great!
- Bugscope TeamCool. We are ready.
- Bugscope Teamok sounds good! let us know when you have any questions
- Bugscope Teambee's knee
- Bugscope Teampreset 3 shows pollen grains in the bee's knee
- 12:09 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis is where the stinger would be -- maybe what we see with the charging on it
- 12:15 pm
- Bugscope Teamhello welcome to bugscope!
- Studenthi
- Studentbagel
- Studentello
- Studenthello :)
- 12:20 pm
- StudentHey!
- StudentHello
- Studenthi
- Studenthi
- StudentHello
- Bugscope TeamHello!
- Studentoi
- Studenthi
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Studentwhat bug is being shown under the bugscope?
- StudentHello!
- Studentzwitter
- Studentthank you
- Studentdanka
- Bugscope TeamThis is the edge of the wing of the bee you sent.
- Bugscope Teamthe bee is to the left of where we are
- Studentvgors gone
- Studentokay, thank you :)
- Studentthis is a great oppertunity so thanks for sharing with us
- Studentcool
- Studentcool
- Studentok
- Bugscope TeamI had been looking for hamuli, which are the hooks that secure the fore-and hindwings when some four-winged insects fly
- Student???
- Studentwhat is the Hamuli?
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentshe means what happened
- Studentwhat is a hamuli?
Bugscope Teamthey are little hooks they hook 2 wings together. flying insects with 2 pairs of wings usually have them
- Studentwhat do you mean by that?
- Studentoh, nevermind, i didnt see that before.
- Bugscope Teamhamuli are tiny hooks but we did not find any today
- Studentis that the head?
Bugscope TeamThis is the head of an ant
- Bugscope TeamYou all have control of the 'scope.
- Studentso this is a flys head?
- Studentthank you :)
- Studenta bees head*
- Studentwhat is this?
- Student[color=indigo]its a bug[/color]
- Studentwow this is pretty cool
- StudentTHIS IS VERY COOL THANK YOU
- Studentare there different bugs on the slide?
- Studentya thank you
- StudentWhat are those little hairs?
- Guesti wanna know that too
- Studentwoah
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamwhoa cool I did not see this before
- Studentspider fangs XD
- Studentscroll down
- Bugscope Teamat the top of the screen are 2 fangs of a spider
- 12:25 pm
- Bugscope Teamspider fang poison pore
- Studentthat's REALLY AWESOME
- Studentlike. what bug is it from
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the venom pores
- Studentspiders have fangs?
Bugscope TeamYup they do
- Studentwhere abouts?
- Studenti mean im freaked out but cool
- Studentawsome
- StudentWhat are the advantages of using an electron microscope instead of a regular microscope
- Guestis the fang the big thing?
- Bugscope Teamthe pores are the indentations that were on the fangs
- Bugscope Teamyou can try to lower the mag to see where you are
- StudentWhat are the advantages of using an electron microscope instead of a regular microscope?
- Studentcody, you can get better images
- StudentWhat are these little hairs?
Bugscope Teamyou are going to see a lot of hairs on the insects today. insect hairs are called setae (see-tee), and they are connected to nerves allowing the insect to feel/taste/smell
- Guestthis is crazy bro!!!!
- StudentWhat are the advantages of using an electron microscope instead of a regular microscope?
- StudentHow long would it take for the decrease of the bee population to visably decrease the amount of plants?
- StudentWhat are the advantages of using an electron microscope instead of a regular microscope?
- Studentwhat is this
- StudentWhat are the advantages of using an electron microscope instead of a regular microscope?
- StudentWhat are the advantages of using an electron microscope instead of a regular microscope?
- Bugscope Teaman electron microscope allows you to see with better resolution and at higher mag
- Studentwoot beetle head
- Studentwhat is the unit of measurement?
Bugscope TeamThe scale bar in the lower left corner of the screen is in micrometers
- Studentoh god
- Bugscope Teambut you can tell that we cannot see color
- StudentHow long would it take for the decrease of the bee population to visably decrease the amount of plants?
Bugscope TeamWe would see a visible decrease within a year. And it the decrease would be different between annuals and perennials. Any annual plant that is obligately bee pollinated would not set fruit, and there would be fewer seeds and fewer plants the next year. We would see a decrease in perennials later.
- Bugscope Teamthe units here are microns, or micrometers
- Guestits kinda hairy. why is it hairy
- Studentwhat are the economic and ecological significance of pollinators?...if you know.
- Studentwhaaaa!
- Studentdoes the vacuum ensure that the electrons don't dissipate
- Studentthank you.
- Studentto the bees!
- StudentAwesome, thanks!
- Studentthank you Cate
- Bugscope Teama micrometer is a thousandth of a millimeter or a millionth of a meter
- Studentwow, that is really in depth.
- Studentis the black and white of the microcope a fault?
- Studenthey admins do you guys do feild work? and if so how long do you have to wait before getting a good specimen on average?
Bugscope TeamAny specimen that you collect is usually good for imaging, providing that it has all its legs and wings and antennae. It depends on what part of the insect you want to examine.
- Studentwhats the highest resolution on this bad boy
Bugscope Teamthis microscope, under optimal conditions, can get to a resolution of 2nm
- Bugscope Teamannie does field work
- Bugscope Teamoh yeah Chelsea it just has to do with the way the images are collected
- Studentoh ok
- Studentthank you =]
- Studentteacher broke it >.
- StudentMoly wants yoyu to answer her question
- Studentc
- Studentx
- Bugscope Teamwe don't see color -- we see the surfaces as signals
- Studentx
- Studentwhat else can a bugscope determine?
- Studentoh. ok.
- Studenti mean, what else can you see?
- Bugscope Teamoops what was Moly's question?
- 12:30 pm
- StudentHow long would it take for the decrease of the bee population to visably decrease the amount of plants?
- Studentthats ok
- Bugscope Teamtry lowering the mag, or jumping to another preset
- Bugscope Teamthere we are
- Bugscope Teamsometimes the presets move a little bit
- Bugscope Teamthis is the tip of the proboscis
- Bugscope Teamto the right and up -- to the NE
- Studentdo you guyes do this every day?
Bugscope Teamwe do this around 3 times a week
- Studentthanks
- Bugscope Teamyour teacher is doing an awesome job of driving the scope
- Studentno they don't
- Studentshould we try loggin off
- Studentits kk
- Studentthen loggin on again?
- Studentannie?
Bugscope Teamyes
- Bugscope TeamDylan we have been doing this about three times a week
- Studenthow long does it take to get a good specimen
Bugscope TeamDid you see my answer?
- Studentshe wants to know what to do
- Teachershould we log off and log on again?
- Studentthat is like just so cool
- Guestok
- StudentHomer
- Studentdo bugs have to be a certain size in order to view them under the bugscope?
Bugscope TeamAgain, it depends on what you are trying to examine. If you are trying to see setae on antennae, it really doesn't matter what size the insect is--big or small, the setae are probably similar in size. However, if you are trying to examine the shape of a larger body part, say a beetle's elytra or the entire antenna, the larger insects are a problem.
- Bugscope Teaminsects/arthropods are better if they are small, for this
- Teacherwe can't see anything and none of the presets are loading
- Studenti c a bug
- Bugscope Teamwell hit refresh first
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamlet us know if refreshing works
- Bugscope Teamclearly someone is driving and able to see
- Studentyup
- Student=]
- Teacherthank you that worked
- Studentyes
- StudentWhat are these orbs?
- Studentwhat are those
- Bugscope Teamthose are pollen grains
- Studentthey look like sponges
- Bugscope TeamCool LP I am glad.
- Studentarent we supposed to be looking at bees?
- Studentpollen grains
- Studenthey gg stop it NOW
- Bugscope Teamthis is on the bee, Rose
- Studentare these pollin grains from a bee specimen?
- Studentgrain is a funny word
- Studenthey crogers
- StudentAre there any solutions to the CCD problem?
Bugscope TeamNot yet. We are not sure what is causing CCD...there are some theories, but no one has a solution yet.
- Studenti get it bee knee!
- Bugscope Teamyes there are a lot of them on the bee
- Studentwhat gareth
- Studentare electon microscopes common in labs
- Studentany known solutions?
Bugscope TeamTo what?
- Studentgg stop
- Studentyeah are hey
- Bugscope TeamChelsea are you having trouble imaging?
- Studentme?
- Studentno
- Studentlkelly: gg stop
- Studentlkelly: gg stop
- 12:35 pm
- StudentAre there any solutions to the CCD problem?
Bugscope Teami'm not sure what the problem is
- Bugscope TeamThis is a particularly good scanning electron microscope, and there are relatively few
- Bugscope Teamit is out of focus from what i can tell
- StudentCrogers: lkelly: gg stop enough
- Studentdo you look at macroinvertibrates under the microscope
- StudentCCD is Colony Collapse Disorder
- StudentColony Collapse Disorder
- Bugscope Teamat a large university you would expect to have several SEMs, TEMs
- Bugscope Teamthese are scales from a monarch butterfly
- Studentwhat are the spots on the wing?
- Studentawesome!
- Studentcool!
- Studentum do any of you know the answer to the question i asked? before??? well its "what is the economic and ecological significance of pollinators?"
Bugscope TeamThey are supremenly significant. I don't have the exact monetary figures, but it is not exaggeration to say that the end of pollinators would be the end of the world as we know it.
- Studentscale?
- Studentwhat is that?
- Guestwhat are those holes in the wings?
- Bugscope Teamsorry we are trying to answer everyone's questions
- Studentsorry if were confusing you :)
- StudentAre there any known solutions to Colony Collapse Disorder, for the bees?
Bugscope TeamDid you see my answer just now?
- Bugscope Teamlike, they get lost
- Studentsilver paint?
- Bugscope TeamThere have been a number of big grants awarded in the last year or so...so we might know something soon.
- Bugscope Teamyeah for a minute I was thinking of the charge-coupled device camera inside the 'scope
- StudentCrogers: do you look at macroinvertibrates under the microscope? and if so have you ever seen a midge or a stonfly, mayfly, water penny?
- StudentDo you believe that cell phones have an affect on a bee's navigational system?
- Studentwhoa, is that its foot?
Bugscope Teamyes, its a claw
- Bugscope Teamwe use silver paint to help make the specimen conductive --so the electrons run to ground after they hit the specimen
- Bugscope Teamnot sure about cell phones but I had heard that as well
- Guestwhy does it have little barbs on it?
- StudentDo you look at macroinvertibrates under the microscope? and if so have you ever seen a midge or a stonfly, mayfly, water penny?
- Bugscope Teami think we have seen some mayflies
- StudentDo you look at macroinvertibrates under the microscope? and if so have you ever seen a midge or a stonfly, mayfly, water penny?
- Bugscope Teamsome of the harder parts of the body do not shrivel when they air dry
- Studentwhats this
- 12:40 pm
- Studentcan you view chromosomes and genes?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a spiracle
- Bugscope Teama spiracle is a breathing hole
- Bugscope Teamwe can see chromosomes using light microscopes and the transmission electron microscope
- Studentis that a eye
Bugscope Teamit is a spiracle, which is a breathing hole
- Studentkewl!
- StudentCan we see a macroinvertibrate
- Bugscope Teamgenes are part of the DNA but not something you can specifically see using a microscope
- Bugscope Teamwe lost the teacher, does someone want to drive?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a macroinvertebrate
- Studentwhy did the beatle eye have bumbs
- Bugscope TeamYou all are asking some really great questions--and the answers are a bit complicated. I am trying to give you all the best answers I can, so "bee" patient and I will try to give you a thoughtful answer!
- Studentoh
- StudentCan I drive?
- Bugscope Teamthe bumps are the ommatidia -- the individual eye facets
- Studentill driv
- Bugscope Teamgo for it crogers
- Studentcan i have a turn when crogas is done
- Bugscope Teamsure GG
- Bugscope Teamommatidia are an advantage over a normal lensed eye because apparently they are better able to process motion
- Bugscope Teamso you can click on a preset if you like
- Studentsweet danka
- Studentwhy did the beatle eye have bumbs
- Bugscope Teamwhen you see nothing take the mag down
- Studentwow, you have an awsome jobs
- Bugscope Teamthe bumps are ommatidia, laptop
- Studentwhy did the beatle eye have bumps
- StudentWhat do you purpose as a solution to the decrease in the bee population?
- Studenthow many people work in ur faciliuty
- Studentanother foot?
Bugscope Teamthat was the tip of the bumble bee proboscis
- Studenti like feet
- 12:45 pm
- Bugscope Teamwe do not have a proposal but would like to know what the problem really is, of course
- Studentwhoa
- StudentMy neighboor keeps bees, how are domesticated bees different than wild bees? How do kept bees influence the bee popultation? Are domesticated bees decreasing as well?
Bugscope TeamThe bees that live in your neighbor's hives are most likely the European honey bee, Apis mellifera. There are several different Apis mellifera subspecies, depending on where the race evolved. The genus Apis is not native to North America--they are an introduced genus. There are some populations of wild honeybees, those that have escaped from captivity and established hives elsewhere. There are lots of non-Apis honey bees in the world---in the US there are leaf cutting bees, bumble bees, sweat bees,
- Studentwhat are those specs?
- Bugscope Teamthese are crystals
- StudentCan you view other things under the electron microscope? What are those things?
Bugscope Teamthe things on the eye were crystals, these are pollen grains on the bee's knee
- Bugscope Teamthere are 4 or 5 of us in the microscopy suite
- Bugscope Teamwhen you get to one place you can drive from there, as now
- Studentk thank you
- Bugscope Teamyou made it back LP!
- Studentwhat were those specs on the eye?
Bugscope Teamcrystals
- Teacheryes, the computer froze and I had to reload
- Bugscope Teamwe can image bacteria, dirt, sand, silicon devices, plant material, cells that have been fixed, etc.
- Studentcool :)
- Studentwhats the claw thing
- StudentHow can you fix a cell?
- Studenthow did it get crystals on its eye?
- Bugscope Teamas well as insects and other small arthropods
- Bugscope Teamwe arent sure what that curved spike is
- Studentcan you view things like genes and microfibers
Bugscope TeamI think that DNA is better viewed with a TEM, than an SEM.
- Guestis that a bees knee?
Bugscope Teamyes
- StudentTHIS WAS VERY COOL THANK YOU
- Bugscope Teamyes we can see microfibers -- we can see nanotubes
- Bugscope Teamit looks kind of like a scoop to me
- Studentthank you
- Bugscope Teambut genes you cannot see, particularly, just the DNA
- StudentMy neighboor keeps bees, how are domesticated bees different than wild bees? How do kept bees influence the bee popultation? Are domesticated bees decreasing as well?
Bugscope TeamKept bees (Apis mellifera) are non-native and frequently they are used to pollinate other non-native crops, like oranges, apples, almonds, cherries, etc. I don't know if they have a significate affect on native bees because they tend to pollinate different things. If the habitat of the native bees is eliminated to make room for crops, then the populations of the native pollinators will decrease.
- Studentwait we can see the DNA? if so can you show us?
Bugscope TeamI don't think that we can see the DNA with the specimens that we have today...we would have to prepare them in a special way.
- Bugscope Teamthese are tenent setae on a ladybug
- Studentwhat is a nanotube
- Bugscope Teamdomesticated bees are suffering as well
Bugscope TeamDomesticated bees are of primary concern, actually.
- Bugscope Teamthey allow the bug to walk on walls
- StudentThank You for Taking Your Time to Answer Our Questions and Let Us View the Bugscope :) - Group 9
- Bugscope Teama nanotube is a tiny tube made of carbon laced together
- Bugscope Teamthank you for your questions brionna
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Guestthank you
- Guestpeace out girl scout
- Studentthank you scoot goodbye
- StudentThank You for giving us ur time....GROUP 8
- StudentThanks! Your all really knowledgable
- 12:50 pm
- Studentciao
- Studentokay nevermind but thank you for helping us we hope to do this next year goodbye admins
- Studentthanks guys!
- StudentThanks Once Again and Have a Good Day :)
- StudentThank you for all your help!
- Bugscope TeamYou are welcome. Sorry I couldn't get to all of your questions!!!!
- Studentits ok but thatnx
- Bugscope TeamThey were so good they warranted lots of explanation!
- TeacherThank you Cate, Scott, and Annie. The other 20 students will be coming on shortly. I may have them pair up 2 per computer and see if everything loads better.
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the vibration
- Bugscope Teama lot of it is from the air conditioner that sits over the scope
- Bugscope Teamyeah it is part (the vibration) due to the long WD
- Bugscope Teamthe guys who make money driving hives all over the country are not doing so well...
- Bugscope TeamI have tried to go through an answer a few more of the questions that I couldn't get to...they will be available on the session webpage later if the students want to check them out.
- 12:56 pm
- TeacherThank you. The students asked if they would be able to read the responses later and will be happy to know that is possible,
Bugscope Teamyes, after the session is done, you can log into your bugscope page and there is a transcript available with images
- Bugscope TeamCate I did not realize we were at 90,000x. That was not so bad given the long WD.
- Studenthello everybody
- Bugscope TeamHello!
- 1:01 pm
- Bugscope Teamit is anonymous, but if you log in to the page, you will see an option to see it with names
- Studenthi
- Bugscope Teamhello
- Studenthello
- StudentHello this is Josh and Joey
- Studenthi?
- Bugscope Teamhere are spider fangs
- Studentthat is awesome
- Bugscope TeamPresently we are looking at a spider's fangs, through a bunch of setae (hairs)
- StudentHello, the nickname Bruno is on behalf of me (Bruno) and Tim
- Studentthis is interesting
- StudentHey, hows everbody doing
- StudentSpider Fangs?? wow thats cool
- Studentyea it is
- Bugscope Teamnow we are looking at scales from a butterfly or moth
Bugscope Teammonarch butterfly
- StudentHow much can the electron microscope magnify?
Bugscope Teamyou wont see anything very well above 200,000x usually. but this scope can go much higher
- Bugscope Teamand silver paint that was used to hold them down and make them a little more conductive
- Bugscope Teamwe can take the mag over 800,000x but there is not much to see there, as Cate says
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a beetle
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the eyes - the compound eyes
- Bugscope Teamand the antennae, and the mouthparts
- Studentwe have a question
- Bugscope Teamcool!
- Studentwhat are the potential solutions to CCD?
- StudentWhat allows telectron microscopes to have such high miagnification
- 1:06 pm
- Studentwhat is a bee?
Bugscope TeamBees are several families of insects in the order Hymenoptera, in the suborder Aculeata. Bees are separated from the other Hymenoptera by having forked setae on their bodies.
- Bugscope Teamwe need to find out what the cause/causes of CCD arfe
- Bugscope Teamare
- Bugscope Teamwe do not know for sure although there are many ideas
- Studentokay
- Studentwell then what are the theories behind climate change, urbanization, malunutrion, pathogens, mites, pesiticides, and GM crops for CCD?
Bugscope TeamWell, you answered your own questions. All of those have been pointed to as potential causes, but no one has been able to orve the link. What we do know is that the CCD bees are sick...when they are dissected they don't look healthy. We are not sure why right now.
- Bugscope Teamelectron microscopes use electrons rather than light to image samples, and when that is done in a vacuum we can get high-resolution images
- Studenti meant for causing CCD
Bugscope TeamThose are all theories---hypotheses that are being tested.
- Bugscope Teamcurrently HCO has control of the microscope, did someone else want to drive instead for now?
- Bugscope Teamanother potential cause is air pollution
- Bugscope Teamif bees cannot pick up chemical scents they can get lost
- Bugscope Teamthey seem to get disoriented
- Bugscope Teamthere is a hole in it from a pin
- Bugscope Teamthis belonged to something that has scales
- Studentwhat is this on the bee?
Bugscope Teamit was something that has scales. this insect was with a bunch of other insects, so something body parts that dont belong can be found
- Studentto clarify, we meant, why do people think that those are some of the causes?
Bugscope TeamAll of those things that you mentioned are relatively recent advances--recent changes/ challenges to bees. The challenge for scientists is to see if any of these recent changes could actually cause CCD.
- Bugscope Teamso like Cate says a lot of this can be traced back to urbanization with its increased air pollution, loss of habitat, fewer trees, etc.
- Studenthow long is a bees life span?
- Studentwith these scopes, can you see bacteria and things along those lines?
- Bugscope Teamthey are guessing, and no one knows the answer for sure
- 1:11 pm
- StudentHow long is an average bees lifespan?
Bugscope TeamWorkers live about 2 months, I believe. During that time, they perform different tasks. The division of labor in a hive is related to the age of the bee. A worker is a nurse at first, and a forager later in her life.
- Bugscope Teamwe can see bacteria when they are there
- StudentHow do bees survive over winter?
Bugscope TeamHoneybees are pretty special. They huddle together for warmth in the center of the hive. They consume honey stores for food. Here's something really interesting: bees do not eliminate waste inside the hive---they hold it all winter!!!
- Bugscope Teama bacillus is usually two microns (2 micrometers) long, and we can see them when they are present
- Studentwhat are the characteristics of CCD?
- TeacherCan ron drive now?
- Bugscope Teamfor one thing, an unhealthy-looking bee, at autopsy
- Studentno he cant
- Studentdoes he have his license
- Bugscope TeamRon has control.
- Studenta bacillus is a part of a bee right?
Bugscope Teamit is a type of bacteria
- Bugscope Teama bacillus is one of the three different kinds of bacteria
- Bugscope Teamcocci, bacilli, and spirochetes
- StudentOk
- StudentI thought it said it was part of a bee
- StudentIs it true that once bees sting someone they die.?
Bugscope Teamit is true for honeybee's, a bumble bee can sting you multiple time like a wasp
- Bugscope Teamthese are pollen grains on the bee's knee
- Studentwhat have been the population trends of the honey bee in the U.S. over the past century?
Bugscope TeamI think they domesticated bee colonies have increased. Wild honeybee populations have significantly declined due to disease and parastites.
- Bugscope Teamcocci are small round bacteria, bacilli are rod-shaped, like small capsules, and spirochetes are actually spiral
- Studentthe Bees Knees?
Bugscope Teamthats where that phrase came from
- Studenthow do they actually collect the pollen
- Studentwhat have been the population trends of the honey bee internationally over the past century?
Bugscope TeamThat is sort of a complicated question, because internationally there are several species of honeybees (bees in the genus Apis). They are kept in different places in the world, many places that don't necessarily keep track of bees.
- Student?
- Studentdo bees have knee caps?
Bugscope TeamNope, no insects have knee caps. I think ticks and mites have knee caps though...if I remember correctly
- Studenthow does the pollon get stuck on the knee??
- Bugscope TeamCCD is fairly recent -- these problems have become apparent only recently, from what I understand
- StudentI get it
- StudentIts a bee knee!
- Bugscope Teampollen is shaped so that it will stick to surfaces easily so it may be transported
- Studenti think...
- 1:16 pm
- Bugscope Teamhere you can see the poison pore on the lower fang
- TeacherCan you send the controls to lebron james? thanks
- Studentwhat is a honey bee's most prefered flower to pollinate
Bugscope Teami found on one website that Purple and White Cone Flowers are an all time favorite of the honey bee.
- Bugscope Teamok lebron james have control
- StudentLebrons Evil
- Bugscope TeamI am not sure whether the bees have a favorite
- Studentwhats that we atre looking at now?
Bugscope Teamthese are setae, which are hairs
- Studentare*
- Studentthats cool
- Student→what do bees do in the winter?←
Bugscope TeamHoneybees huddle together in the hive for warmth. Bumblebee queens and some other bees hibernate over the winter.
- StudentDo bees have a preferred type of pollen
Bugscope TeamNot honeybees, they like everything. Native bees do prefer certain flowers. For example, bumblebees are attracted to purple and dark blue flowers.
- Bugscope Teamthe setae are connected to nerves, and they allow the bug to feel/smell/taste/sense vibrations (if it is a spider)/feel wind movement (if it is a fly)
- StudentWhy does the electron microspcope only shows black and white pictures?
- Bugscope Teamas Cate says they seem to like purple and white cone flowers
- StudentWhat are some reliable sources that you can recommend that we can use to get info about honey bees?
Bugscope TeamYou can try the Beespotter website http://beespotter.mste.uiuc.edu/
- Studenti read there are several species of honey bees what makes each one different
- StudentThnak you very much for your time.
- Studentis it true that when you wear bright colors, you attract bees?
Bugscope TeamBees and other hymenoptera are attracted to the color yellow
- Bugscope Teamthe image is black and white because we are not picking up wavelengths of light, which have color, but signals from the secondary elecrtron detector
- StudentI see
- Bugscope Teamthe SE detector is achromatic, meaning it doesn't sense the energy of the secondary e-'s, only how many of them came into the detector. Thus the monochrome image, you're only seeing intensity
- Bugscope Teambees can see colors, sometimes, that we cannot see
- StudentThanks for your time (we have to go)
- Bugscope Teami think they see red, or dont see red. i forget
- 1:21 pm
- Bugscope Teamsome insects, for example, can see in the ultraviolet, which we cannot
- Student*think
- Bugscope Teamthis is the tip of the proboscis of the bee you sent
- Studentare their any books or websites that you recommend that will help us out with scientific illustration?
Bugscope TeamThere is a book called bees of the world by Charles Michener ( I think that is the title). Also see the Beespotter website
- Studentthan2s ☺
- TeacherCan Leilani etc. drive for the last couple minutes?
- Bugscope Teamscientific illustration as in drawing?
- Studentyes
- TeacherThe students are starting to log off and return to project work. You guys are great. Thank you!
- Studentthanks tons ♫
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Bugscope Teamthanks for your interesting questions
- Bugscope TeamWe do not have to draw much anymore, and I am not sure where to go to get the best advice on the web or in books.
- StudentThank you very much for your time =)
- Studentthanks for the site
- StudentThank you very much.
- Bugscope Teamit used to be that entomologists and herpetologists, among other biologists, could take classes in illustrating their specimens
- Studentmuchas gracias
- TeacherWe're signing off thanks!
- Studentthanks so much!
- 1:26 pm
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Bugscope TeamSee you next year...
- Studentthankk you
- Bugscope Teamremember you can go to http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-016/ to access your images and transcript of the session
- Bugscope Teamye syou are free to go
- Bugscope TeamOver and out. Have a good afternoon in the Underworld and out in the fields.