There is already a list for SOCIAL INSECTS, which seems to be all but
dormant. Is there really a need for a Bombus list? Ed Southwick arranged
for the SOCIAL INSECTS LIST.
 
On Tue, 16 Nov 1993 [log in to unmask] wrote:
 
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Dear BEE-Liners:
>                 So many colleagues have now suggested that we bumblebee
> people need our own LISTSERV (or, to get modern about it, the Internet
> equivalent of a LISTSERV) that I have decided to set one up.  With no
> great feat of imagination, I have designated the name of the list to be
> "Bombus", and the address to which messages should be posted is:
>                         [log in to unmask]
> If you wish to join (or to un-join) the list, please send a message to:
>                         [log in to unmask]
> and (in the interest of informality), merely give me your Internet
> address and tell me what it is that you want to do . . . (i.e., don't
> bother about including any specific keywords, or feel that you have to
> conform to any IBM-directed formatting conventions).
>   Best regards, Chris Plowright.
> P.S.  My thanks to Keith White (the manager of <csi.uottawa.ca>) for
> making it possible to open this list . . .
> P.P.S.  There are quite a few subscribers to BEE-L who, I thought,
> should probably be included "ex-officio" on the Bombus list.  In the
> end, I decided that to put people on the list unilaterally would be an
> invasion of their privacy, so if you want to join, please ask . . .
>
> --
> Chris Plowright - via the University of Ottawa
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