From adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu Tue Mar 25 21:42:32 1997 Received: from vtaix.cc.vt.edu (adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu [198.82.161.244]) by calzone.oit.unc.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA25264 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:42:30 -0500 (EST) Received: (from adamf@localhost) by vtaix.cc.vt.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA21434 for adamf@sunsite.unc.edu; Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:42:29 -0500 Received: from listserv.vt.edu (listserv.vt.edu [128.173.4.9]) by vtaix.cc.vt.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA32380 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:35:03 -0500 Received: from listserv.vt.edu (listserv.vt.edu [128.173.4.9]) by listserv.vt.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA59598; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:35:01 -0500 Received: from CNSIBM.ALBANY.EDU by CNSIBM.ALBANY.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool id 4164 for BEE-L@CNSIBM.ALBANY.EDU; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:30:46 -0500 Received: from ALBNYVM1 (NJE origin SMTP@ALBNYVM1) by CNSIBM.ALBANY.EDU (LMail V1.2c/1.8c) with BSMTP id 0062; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:30:46 -0500 Received: from dfw-ix2.ix.netcom.com by CNSIBM.ALBANY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with TCP; Mon, 24 Mar 97 22:30:45 EST Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix2.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id VAA15950 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:34:48 -0600 (CST) Received: from min-mn7-12.ix.netcom.com(205.186.81.44) by dfw-ix2.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id sma015921; Mon Mar 24 21:34:34 1997 X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01E (Macintosh; U; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved-By: Michael Ravnitzky Message-ID: <3336F458.7DA8@ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:38:32 +0000 Reply-To: MikeRav@ix.netcom.com Sender: adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu From: Michael Ravnitzky Subject: Get a list of military tech reports on apiculture and bees. To: BEE-L@CNSIBM.ALBANY.EDU Status: OR DO YOU WANT A LIST OF RARE, PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE MILITARY REPORTS ON THE SUBJECT OF BEES AND APICULTURE? You can get a list of [largely unpublished] military technical reports on agriculture and related topics. Many of these reports have been locked away for various bureaucratic reasons and have not been put into the public domain, until now. Here are some subject keywords with which you can obtain a LIST of several dozen military technical reports on studies pertaining to bees from the Defense Technical Information Center, a government agency. [see below] KEYWORDS: (suggest you select ten or less keywords) bees, apiculture winged insects bee venom hymenoptera wasps, insects, formicidae honey honeybees pollination IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not bother using the DTIC web site--in a nutshell, it is worthless because the web site omits most of the two million technical reports in the DTIC collection. [Most of these reports are NOT, repeat NOT, repeat NOT in the NTIS collection, and have been unavailable to the public.] Send a letter instead--you will get much better results. The fee is likely to be free or only a few bucks. You probably want to include a statement in the letter such as *I agree to pay reasonable fees associated with this request. Please notify me if the cost will exceed $25.*, so that they won't delay the processing of the request. Remember, they WILL try to dissuade you from asking for such a list. If they send you a letter, and you do not respond, they will withdraw your request and you will not get your information. Here is a form letter to use for your request: To: Defense Technical Information Center Attn: DTIC-RSM [Kelly D. Akers, FOIA Manager] 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 0944 Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6128 USA Phone: 703-767-9194 Dear Ms. Akers: I request the following records under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act: A computer generated technical report bibliography of reports on the subject[s]/keyword[s] of: ________________ OR _________________ OR ________________ OR _______________ OR _________________ OR _______________ Please send me this bibliography for all years in your computerized index. This is a request for DTIC records, please don't forward my request to NTIS. Please include both classified and unclassified records in your search. If any of the records are classified, please review them for release, or the release of nonsensitive portions. I am an individual, noncommercial requester and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. [OR YOU MIGHT INSTEAD INDICATE DIFFERENTLY IF YOU ARE A COMMERCIAL REQUESTER, OR AN EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION, OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MEDIA; AND YOU SHOULD JUSTIFY YOUR CATEGORY PLACEMENT WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHY YOU BELONG IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC, OR MEDIA CATEGORIES.] I also agree to pay up to $25 for reasonable fees associated with this request. Sincerely, ______________ Hope you find this a useful resource. Michael Ravnitzky MikeRav@ix.netcom.com