International Society of Hymenopterists

International Congress in Cusco, Peru

noreply@blogger.com (Irene Moon) — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:55:00 +0000

International meetings of the ISH take place every four years and planning is underway for our next congress in beautiful Cusco, Peru (July 20-25, 2014).

Our contact and organizer this year is Frank Azorsa Salazar. Please get in touch if you have any immediate questions.

Frank Azorsa Salazar
Centro de Ecología y Biodiversidad - CEBIO
Surco, Lima 33, PERÚ
E-mail: frankazorsa (at) gmail (dot) com
E-mail: fazorsa (at) cebioperu (dot) org
Skype: frankazorsa
Website

More information is coming soon and will be made available on our meeting webpage and through the blog. It is time to start making plans now. This is not a meeting to miss!!

Hamuli 4(1) is out!

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:17:00 +0000

A new issue of Hamuli is out now and available to members! Have you joined ISH yet? Now is the perfect time! Dues can be paid through PayPal or the old fashioned way (PDF membership form here). In the meantime take a gander at some older issues of our newsletter.

Have articles for Hamuli volume 4, issue 1?

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:06:00 +0000

The next issue of Hamuli is being assembled as I type this post. Have stories, news, photos, or other content you want to contribute? Contact me (adeans@gmail.com) by January 20, 2013! Here is last year's issue if you need inspiration: Hamuli volume 3, issue 1

new book on vespines

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:40:00 +0000

Some information on a new book by Michael Archer, which at least one member assures me is quite good. Looking forward to seeing it up close! More information (including discount info) available in this PDF flyer Vespine Wasps of the World.

An important collection of aculeate wasps and bees at risk – a cry for support

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:36:00 +0000

Note: The following article by Friedrich Gess and Sarah Gess was slated to be published in the latest issue of Hamuli. The editor regrets the omission.

The Albany Museum, Grahamstown, holds “the most important collection of southern African aculeate wasps” (James Carpenter in letter 16 July 2010) and the collection of bees which offers “the most important and extensive data resource on flower visitation by southern African bees” (Michael Kuhlmann and Connal Eardley, 2012, in Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships edited by Sébastien Patiny).

Many of you, members of the International Society of Hymenopterists, have borrowed specimens from the collection for taxonomic studies and as a result have type specimens housed in this collection.

The collection was built up over the past 44 years under the curatorship of Friedrich Gess largely through research undertaken by himself and Sarah Gess on aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid to arid areas of southern Africa. Major contributions were also made by Charles Jacot Guillarmod who, as Director of the Albany Museum, determined with Friedrich Gess that the specialisation of entomology at the Albany Museum should be aculeate wasps (bees being included as specialised wasps!) and Alan Weaving as Assistant Curator (1981-1996).

Since the retirement, at the mandatory age of 65, of Friedrich Gess (now Curator Emeritus and Contract Researcher) and Sarah Gess (now Contract Researcher) in 2001 and 2003 respectively there has been only one entomologist, a Dipterist, employed in the Department of Entomology and Arachnology on a three year contract (2005-2008). The department has been kept alive and running by the voluntary unpaid efforts of Friedrich and Sarah as official Acting HODs.

The only permanently employed staff member is an Auxilliary Services Officer working as a laboratory assistant trained in house by the Gesses to undertake such jobs as replacing fumigant (camphor blocks) in insect drawers, topping up of alcohol in the wet collection and constructing unit trays.

The only other person working in the department is a data capture assistant employed by Sarah Gess on outside funding.

The two entomologists posts are currently frozen as are all vacant posts in the Eastern Cape Museums which all, regardless of whether they are history/cultural history or natural history museums, fall under the Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture of the Eastern Cape Government!

All natural history collections in South Africa were audited by a team from NRF/SANBI (National Research Foundation/South African Biodiversity Institute) more than two years ago. The report was submitted to NRF but has not yet been released awaiting a reaction from the national Department of Arts and Culture under whom all the South African museums fall. Formerly the museums fell under the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology but this department was split into two departments DAC and DST. DST has also received the report but there has to date been no comment.

In order to give the collections of wasps and bees in the Albany Museum some support for at least the next three years Sarah Gess put together a proposal to JRS Biodiversity Foundation which included a salary for a well qualified collections manager, a compactor and extra insect cabinets (floor space and cabinet space having been filled). The proposal, one of 408 considered by JRS, reached the final with 30 others. Hopes were high but were then dashed. An award was not made largely due to the fact that although there is an excellent foundation for the bridge on this side of the river the distance to the other bank and the nature of the other bank is not known.

What can be done?

School of Ants Essay Contest

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:43:00 +0000

(A message from ISH member Andrea Lucky)

People are hungry to know more about ants, how they live, where they live, what they are doing in your kitchen and in your garden. Who better to explain what these amazing ants are up to than you, the scientist studying them? So go ahead and tell us (and the world) about the coolest thing you've seen, read or studied about ants, and while you’re at it, tell us about you and why you do what you do. Write this essay for the childhood version of you, so that another generation of kids will be inspired to look closely at ants, to understand them and appreciate the richness of life around us.

Who can enter: Students studying any aspect of ant biology
Deadline: Sept 1, 2012
Prizes: Best essay $500, Honorable Mentions featured at www.schoolofants.org

Guidelines:
Showcase a feature of ant biology, evolution, diversity, behavior or another scientifically based topic (see examples below) for a general audience. Topic must be based on your research, your observations or the scientific literature. Writing should appeal to the non-scientific public and offer intriguing facts or perspectives on ants. 300 words min, 600 words max. Multiple essays per author permitted. Each submission must be in the form of an email to theschoolofants@gmail.com, with the subject header: ESSAY SUBMISSION, and the following attachments:

300-600 word essay (Word doc)
short biosketch with your research interests & affiliation (Word doc)
photo of you (jpg file, <1mb)
optional: photo illustrating essay topic

Example Topics:
The biggest ant, The smallest ant, Ant poop, Ants with odd diets, The bacteria in ants, Ant mouths, The chemical world of ants, Ant mysteries (we hope for many of these), The parasites of ants, Slave making ants, Things that look like ants but are not ants, The biggest ant societies, Male ants, The incredible life cycle of (pick an ant species, or an ant-associate), Ant nests, Caste determination, Ant larvae - what do they eat?, Dracula ants - why it makes sense to suck the blood of your offspring, Why ants wage war, Ant interactions with other insects, Ant-plant interactions, Ant mandible diversity, Ant sting structure, Ant territoriality, Task allocation among ants, How long do ants live?, Male ants, Polygyny, Polydomy, Invasive species spread, Pesticide resistance, Ants on islands, Fungus growing ants, Ants as soil architects, Dominance at baits, Nocturnal ants, Seed specialists, Army ants, Maurauder ants, Trapjaw ants, And anything else you can think of…

See Essay Context Announcement (PDF)

Our symposium at the Entomological Society of America meeting is set

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:50:00 +0000

We had what I would call a tremendously enthusiastic response to our solicitation of student talks for this year's ISH symposium at ESA. Exciting! Here's the draft schedule, which I'd say is quite compelling:

New insight into an old genus: revising Disholcaspis Dalle Torre & Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae); Crystal McEwen, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Phylogenetics and taxonomy of the enigmatic genus Coccobius (Aphelinidae: Coccophaginae); Jason Mottern and John M. Heraty, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA
Cremnops (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the World: a phylogenetic analysis; Erika Tucker and Michael J. Sharkey, Departement of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Employing polydnavirus genes to uncover cryptic species in Ichneumonoidea; Victoria G. Pook, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Higher-level molecular phylogeny of Ophioniformes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae); Andrés Herrera and Barbara J. Sharanowski, Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Break (10 mins)
The origin and diversification of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae); Juanita Rodriguez, Cecilia Waichert, Carol D. von Dohlen and James P. Pitts, Biology Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT
The shape of things to come: A morphometric analysis of the Dryinidae chela in relation to host choice; Carly M. Tribull, Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Systematics of the "well-known" family Chyphotidae (Hymenoptera); Emily A. Sadler and James P. Pitts, Biology Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Gustatory and odorant receptor genes in Trissolcus basalis (Platygastridae: Telenominae); Elijah Talamas and Norman F. Johnson, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Business meeting
Announcement of best talk(s) with prize(s)
Foraging and pollination

Send any questions or comments to adeans @ gmail . com.

ISH Endowment Student Award 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:58:00 +0000

Please join us in congratulating the first recipient of the International Society of Hymenopterists Endowment Student Award: Aline Christina Martins, from the Universidad Federal do Paraná, in Curitiba, Brazil.

Congratulations!

ISH at ESA: student research showcase

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:56:00 +0000

Are you going to ESA this year? Are you a student whose research focuses on hymenopterans? Then you should think about submitting your oral presentation to the International Society of Hymenopterists (ISH) symposium! Our meeting will highlight student research, and we'll be awarding a cash prize and one year membership for the best talk!

We need your talk title and author list by May 11, 2012 - that's exactly one week from now. Questions and talk information should be emailed to adeans@gmail.com. We're looking forward to a great meeting!

ISH student symposium at ESA - cash prizes for best talk(s)!

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:38:00 +0000

Right on the heels of our 2nd student award this year (the ISH Endowment Student Award; results will be announced imminently!) I am happy to announce that the International Society of Hymenopterists is hosting a student presentation competition at the next Entomological Society of America annual meeting, in Knoxville. We'll award cash(!) prizes to the best talks by ISH student members. Contact Andy Deans (adeans @ gmail . com) for more details on how to submit your talk, and watch this space and our Facebook page for more information.

ISH Endowment Student Award - deadline extended

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:44:00 +0000

The deadline for the ISH Endowment Student Award deadline has been extended to March 2, 2012!

2012 dues are due!

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:03:00 +0000

Now is the time of year to join the International Society of Hymenopterists or to renew your membership for 2012. There are several methods to pay your dues:

pay with your credit card, using PayPal
pay with a check (or your credit card), using our downloadable form
submit a request for sponsorship

Note that student dues have been lowered this year, to $15! A hard copy subscription of the Journal of Hymenoptera Research is not included in the dues. All members receive the Society newsletter, Hamuli.

HYM Course 2012, at Tovetorp Zoological Research Station, Sweden

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:27:00 +0000

(posted on behalf of the HYM Course instructors)

We are pleased to announce the fourth offering of HYM Course (http://hymcourse.org/), scheduled for August 5–12, 2012 at Tovetorp Zoological Research Station, Sweden (http://www.zoologi.su.se/tovetorp/). The main objective of HYM Course is to provide participants with knowledge and experience in identifying parasitic and predatory wasps, sawflies, wood wasps, bees, and ants. Information on natural history is also presented, and that information is reinforced with fieldwork. Techniques used to collect, rear, preserve, and curate specimens are presented in a hands-on manner to allow participants to learn directly by doing.

The course is limited to 25 participants. Applications are due March 2, 2012. Students in Sweden are eligible for financial aid through the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative. Please visit the HYM Course website (http://hymcourse.org/) for details, including information on how to apply, costs for taking the course, and logistics of travel to and within Sweden. We look forward to seeing you there!

International Society of Hymenopterists (ISH) Endowment Student Award

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0000

The Executive Committee is pleased to announce the International Society of Hymenopterists (ISH) Endowment Student Award. Please note that this is a different award from the Student Travel Awards, already announced by the Society in November, 2011.

Applicants should follow the instructions below, and submit applications electronically to Andy Deans, Secretary, ISH (adeans @ gmail.com). Applications should clearly indicate that they are for the ISH Endowment Student Award.

Deadline for submission: ~~February 15, 2012~~ [UPDATE: deadline has been extended to March 2, 2012]

Purpose and value of the award: The Society has created this award to support and encourage predoctoral students working on the systematics, ecology, physiology or some other aspect of the insect order Hymenoptera, which is being undertaken as part of a predoctoral program (normally a PhD or equivalent qualification). They will be advertised on a regular basis through the Society, and an individual award will be valued at US$2,500. These funds can be used for any purpose that makes a contribution to a student’s research such as attendance at a conference, fieldwork, direct research costs or purchase of a piece of equipment. If for travel to a conference, the student also needs to be giving an oral presentation or poster.

Eligibility and application process: Only full-time predoctoral students are eligible to apply and they do not have to be members of the Society. From time to time, the Society may emphasize encouraging applicants from particular countries (see below*). The application needs to be written in English, in a font no smaller than Times New Roman 12-point, single-spaced with margins of at least 2 cm. The application must contain the following information:

Full name
Institutional address
Telephone number and email address
Name and email address of principal supervisor/major professor
Degree program (PhD, etc.)
Time since starting this degree (years and months)
Title of thesis/dissertation
Brief description of thesis/dissertation project (500 words max.)
Purpose for which award funding will be used (e.g. conference, fieldwork, research costs, equipment)
Explanation of how the award will enhance the student’s research (500 words max.)
Endorsement by principal supervisor/major professor AND Head of School/Department

Deadline and Selection Process: Applications must be emailed to the Secretary of the Society (Andy Deans: adeans @ gmail.com) by ~~February 15, 2012~~ [UPDATE: deadline has been extended to March 2, 2012], as an attached Word document or PDF . A committee of three senior members of the Society will assess the applications and select the winner. The decision of the committee will be final. The winner will be announced by the President of the Society.

*For the first competition, the Society particularly wishes to encourage applications from students who are resident in any country OTHER THAN THE 30 MOST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES as listed by the UN Development Program: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States.

ICE student travel award

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:52:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the International Society of Hymenopterists (ISH) student travel award competition, in support of students who plan present their research at the International Congress of Entomology (ICE) in Daegu, Korea (August 2012). Four awards will be available, ranging from $500–$2000. Awardees are expected to present their research at the ICE and are highly encouraged to attend the ISH business meeting. To submit an application:

1) Join the Society! The 2012 dues are only $15 for students, and we have at least 20 sponsored memberships available.

2) Submit a 2-page (maximum) proposal that describes the following:

Intellectual merit – A summary of the talk to be presented, including relevance to the field of Hymenoptera research.
Broader impacts – How travel to the ICE will be a transformative experience for you (e.g., are there opportunities to collaborate, network, collect important specimens, etc.?)
Availability of other funding – Please indicate whether you have additional funding or the possibility of acquiring matching funds.
Your contact information.

3) Attach a letter (PDF or email preferred) from your adviser that verifies your research, your available funding (if applicable) and your enrollment in that graduate program.

Applications should be sent to adeans@gmail.com by ***December 31, 2011***. Awardees will be notified by January 15, 2012.

Next international meeting location announced

noreply@blogger.com (Irene Moon) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:06:00 +0000

The next location for the International Society of Hymenopterists Meeting will be in Cusco, Peru in 2014. Cusco is a small city of great historical importance. It was the historic capital of the Inca Empire and is a world heritage site. The region is rich in natural and cultural opportunities for an extended visit, so please plan on joining us there for a once in a lifetime meeting with fellow hymenopterists!

The ISH symposium at ESA

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:28:00 +0000

As most of you are aware the Society typically hosts a hymenopterist symposium every year at the Entomological Society of America annual meeting. This year is no different, of course, and we have an interesting line-up of engaged speakers:

1:30 - Welcoming remarks
1:35 - Benjamin Wipfler and Rolf G. Beutel - Innovative morphological methods and their contribution to the placement of Hymenoptera
1:55 - Andy Deans et al. - New tools for deploying the HAO
2:15 - John Heraty Ant lust - tales of their eucharitid parasitoids
2:35 - Sébastien Patiny Supermatrix - supertree analysis of the bee Hymenoptera) phylogeny
2:55 - Mike Sharkey HymAToL results
3:15 - Phylogeny Roundtable: Where do we go from here?
3:35 - Business meeting
4:35 - Foraging and pollination

The symposium will be held Sunday, November 13, 2011, 1:30-5:30 PM, in Room D9 of the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Hopefully we can post an updated schedule soon that includes details about the business meeting (lots of good stuff, we promise!) See you then!

Hamuli vol. 2 issue 2 published!

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:27:00 +0000

Members should have received a link to the latest issue of Hamuli, the ISH newsletter. It's 28 chock-o-block pages of exciting, hymenopterist-relevant content. With its release the last issue now becomes available for anyone to download: http://hymenopterists.org/publications.php

On another note - we need a better system for reminding members to renew their membership. If you're curious as to whether you yourself are current check out this page - http://members.hymenopterists.org/
If your name is missing then you owe for 2011. We're working on a system (behind the scenes) that will help with email reminders. We're always looking for other ideas, though. Stay tuned!

Have an article for the next issue of our newsletter?

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:31:00 +0000

Have content for the next issue of Hamuli? The deadline for the July issue is June 30th! Instructions for submission are printed on the back of the last issue:

Have an article, note, opinion piece, news item, story, photo, poem, joke, or other item you’d like to publish in Hamuli? Current members of the International Society of Hymenopterists are welcome to submit materials for publication at no cost. Just send your text to the editor (adeans@gmail.com) as .rtf or .doc files, and please send include images as separate .jpg or .tif files (i.e., not embedded in the word processing file). Make sure images are of a reasonable resolution: larger than 500 x 375 pixels, with a resolution of 72 pixels per inch (or 28 pixels per cm).

Not a member of ISH? No problem! You can use the form below to become a member, or you can visit our website (http://hymenopterists.org) to join / pay dues electronically.

Don’t want to become a member, but you still want to publish in Hamuli? Or perhaps you want to advertise in Hamuli? Still not a problem! Just send an email to the editor (adeans@gmail.com) for an estimate.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Curator of Hymenoptera position available

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:59:00 +0000

Curator of Hymenoptera

The Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn seeks to fill a new research position in the Department of Arthropods. The position is available immediately. Potential candidates will hold a PhD in zoology or related areas, have their research focus preferably on systematics of parasitic Hymenoptera, and present a substantial publication record in taxonomy, phylogenetics and other biosystematic disciplines. The candidate is expected to work in these fields from a sound theoretical basis and be able to apply an array of appropriate modern methods. He/she should be able to combine collection-based work with modern phylogenetic and/or ecological approaches. The candidate is also expected to integrate into ongoing research projects at the ZFMK and teaching programs at the University of Bonn, and to obtain competitive grant funds.

As a curator, the successful candidate will be responsible for caring, managing and further increasing and developing the Hymenoptera collections at the ZFMK. He/she will also be involved in the self-administration of the institute and is expected to demonstrate commitment to community engagement in his/her field of research.

The successful candidate will be employed for an initial period of five years, after which he/she will obtain tenure depending on his/her performance. Salary corresponds to grade TV-L/13 in the German Public Service scheme.

The ZFMK is a fellow institute of the “Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz” (WGL Science Community) and works in close cooperation with the University of Bonn. It comprises internationally important scientific collections, libraries, electron microscopy unit, and bioacoustic, histological and molecular laboratories.

Interested applicants should submit a CV, complete publication record, a statement of teaching experience and research funding, certificates of university degrees, and selected publications in hard copies to the following address:
Heike Lenz
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
Adenauerallee 160
D-53113 Bonn, Germany

E-mail inquiries: <h.lenz.zfmk@uni-bonn.de >

applications due: April 15 2011

We have a new president elect!

noreply@blogger.com (Irene Moon) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:46:00 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

99 ballots were received in the recent ISH election for President-Elect.

All three candidates received very strong support. As one of you mentioned, with three candidates of this caliber, we couldn't lose.

But John Heraty had a substantial margin, and he is the next President-Elect of ISH. Congratulations, John! John will take over from President MIke Sharkey at the end of 2012.

Our thanks to all of you that voted, and best wishes to you all,

Jim Woolley

Proctos newsletter now available

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:04:00 +0000

Thanks to Michael Elliott at the Australia Museum we now have several issues of Proctos, the proctotrupoid newsletter, scanned as PDFs and available for your perusal. Based on the volume/issue numbers we have I suspect we're missing a few. As far as I can tell, Proctos isn't available on the Web anywhere. Do you know where we can find any missing issues? (see also the ISH publications page)

Update: We got a copy of volume 2, issue 1, so now the question is - are there any issues after volume 3, issue 1?

Hamuli volume 2, issue 1 published

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:01:00 +0000

The next iteration of the ISH newsletter, Hamuli, was published today - a beefy 35 pages worth of articles, photos, and miscellanea. If you were a member last year you should have gotten the link as an email from the secretary (me!). This issue will be available to members only until August, 2011, and future issues will open for members in good standing to publish free of charge. Membership has its privileges! Why not join or renew today? There are multiple ways to join or renew membership in the International Society of Hymenopterists:

electronically via Paypal
old skool way, by check (with the membership form PDF)

Hamuli accepting submissions until January 15

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Deans) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:10:00 +0000

We're accepting submissions for Hamuli (volume 2, issue 1) until January 15, 2011. The goal is to publish this issue by the end of January. Please send anything you might want to include—poems, jokes, photos, news, announcements, specimens for exchange, methods, opinions, whatever—as .rtf, .doc, or .docx or, for images, as .jpg or .tif. You can email your submission to andy_deans@ncsu.edu.

Previous issues of Hamuli can be found on our ISH publications page.

New Membership Form Now Online

noreply@blogger.com (Irene Moon) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:32:00 +0000

Our yearly membership drive is about to begin! Membership has been down the past few years but we are hoping to dramatically change this trend with new initiatives by the society.

First we are expanding our session at the Entomological Society of America Meeting to incorporate a series of talks that would be interesting to anyone with a fascination for Hymenoptera or fun and adventurous fieldwork. This year you'll find us Sunday, December 12, 2010 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in the Ascot (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center) in San Diego. Our yearly business meeting will follow the talks. Session details (speakers, times, etc.) are listed on this blog.

Secondly we are moving in 2011 to an open access publication model. More information about the new look of the Journal of Hymenoptera Research will be discussed at the ESA business meeting (details above) and on this Website.

Thirdly the ISH newsletter Hamuli is in rapid production. Deadline for the next issue is 31 December 2010. We'd love to have your stories from the field, news items, interesting or funny photos, opinion pieces, jokes, poems, etc. Whatever you think is newsworthy. If you missed it the last issue of Hamuli is available for download here.

You can renew (or join!) online using PayPal or by sending us a check or credit card information in the mail. Please see the membership page for forms, details and contact information.