[Pollinator] Claire Kremen to speak at Commonwealth Club 1/13/08

[Ladadams at aol.com]

01/13/09
Honey Bee Pollination Crisis: Can Native Bees  Take up the Slack?

Claire Kremen, Conservation  Ecologist, UC Berkeley; 2007 MacArthur Honoree

Monoculture  farming leaves us highly dependent on honey bees, whose 
pollination  affects 75 percent of fruits and vegetables and 30 percent of all  food 
production. However, managed hives are being wiped out by  colony collapse 
disorder at an alarming rate. Kremen will discuss  how wild bees can boost the 
effectiveness of managed hives and play  a critical role in pollinating the crops 
that keep California's  economy humming.

MLF: ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL  RESOURCES
Location: Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m.  reception, 6 p.m. program
Cost: $8 members, $15  non-members
Program Organizer: Carol  DiBenedetto

_Get tickets  now!_ (https://tickets.commonwealthclub.org/open.asp?show=985) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





Laurie Davies Adams
Executive  Director
Pollinator Partnership 
423 Washington Street, 5th  floor
San Francisco, CA  94111
415-362-1137
LDA at pollinator.org

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