Sage, R. D. : field notes, Costa Rica and Mexico, 1965

** We're almost there - please help us review the remaining pages!** What we know about carpenter bees comes from the work men and women have done to observe them in their habitats and to collect specimens for further study. In the summer of 1965, graduate student Richard D. Sage joined entomologist Paul D. Hurd, Jr.to observe carpenter bee behavior in Costa Rica and Mexico. This field book is both a journal and a list of the species he saw. His chronological notes are detailed and include annotated sketches of bees and plants as well as a list of photos taken and their captions. Help us transcribe Sage's first-hand observations and gain a glimpse into fieldwork from the eyes of this graduate student. Richard Sage accompanied entomologist and university professor Paul D. Hurd, Jr. of the University of California, Berkeley on this expedition. Hurd took a two-year leave of absence from the university in 1967 to serve as the Associate Program Director in the Division of Biological and Medical Sciences of the National Science Foundation. Sage is identified as a contributor for his later work with lizards in sub-Andean Argentina in the 1968 report "Research Studies Contributing to the International Biological Program."