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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=3><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Disappearing Honeybees</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face="Arial (W1)" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial (W1)'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.75pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt"><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"Colony collapse disorder" is the name scientists have given to the problem plaguing honeybees across the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>, and parts of <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>. As much as a quarter of the honeybee population is missing, and in some areas the percentage is as high as 70 percent. Diane and her guests talk about the latest research into this problem, and what's at stake for American agriculture.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#004000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12">Laurie Davies Adams<BR>Executive Director<BR>Coevolution Institute<BR>423 Washington St. 5th<BR>San Francisco, CA 94111<BR>415 362 1137<BR>LDA@coevolution.org<BR><A title=http://www.coevolution.org/ href="http://www.coevolution.org/">http://www.coevolution.org/</A></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#004000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR><A title=http://www.pollinator.org/ href="http://www.pollinator.org/">http://www.pollinator.org/</A></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#004000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR><A title=http://www.nappc.org/ href="http://www.nappc.org/">http://www.nappc.org/</A></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#004000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Bee Ready for National Pollinator Week: June 24-30, 2007. Contact us <BR>for more information at www.pollinator.org </FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#004000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR><BR><B><I>Our future flies on the wings of pollinators.</B></I></FONT></DIV><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>