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Following the wild bees : the craft and science of bee hunting
\"\"Following the Wild Bees\" is both a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural world and a guide to the ingenious methods that compose the craft of the bee hunter... Drawing on decades of experience as a bee hunter and bee biologist, Seeley weaves informative discussions of the biology of wild honey bees with colorful historical anecdotes, personal insights, and photos\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Local search and rescue teams in the United States
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide background information on a rarely studied response capability of communities across the USA, local, mostly volunteer search and rescue (SAR) teams.Design methodology approach - Information on local teams was collected from January 2005 until February 2006 through internet searches, online SAR organization lists, and by e-mailing a survey to local teams. A smaller, previously used database was used to verify the final list of teams and 57 new teams were added in this manner. An SPSS database was created using all the fields collated from the survey.Findings - It was found that there are 1,150 teams in the USA, which range from one team per State to 79 teams in California. Local SAR teams had a quicker response time than federal teams, while maintaining better equipment and training than emergent volunteers. These teams, unlike the federally funded US&R teams, rely mostly on donations and community fundraisers to continue operating.Research limitations implications - Missing data were the most consistent problem faced. Web sites, web links and e-mail addresses often had expired or did not contain the right information, some teams existed without having a web site (and therefore were not included in the database); also response to the e-mail survey was low.Practical implications - Integrating interested local SAR teams into official multi-organizational disaster and emergency responses could provide valuable additional resources to emergency and incident managers, would allow for better funding for local SAR, and could facilitate recognition to these often overlooked teams.Originality value - This paper provides preliminary information on local SAR teams in the USA.
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