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<div><font face="Verdana" size="+1" color="#3366CC"><i><b>Bee
Pollination Ecology of Spring Wildflowers</b></i></font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" color="#3366CC">June 6 - 8,
2008</font></div>
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<div><font face="Verdana" color="#CC6600"><b>Gordon
Frankie</b></font><font face="Verdana" color="#3366CC"><b>
and</b></font><font face="Verdana" color="#CC6600"><b> Robbin
Thorp</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" color="#3366CC">UC Hastings Reserve, Carmel
Valley<font size="-3">, California</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Verdana" color="#003366">During this workshop,
several field exercises are planned to demonstrate how and when
flowers make their pollen and nectar rewards available to pollinators
and how pollinators use their behavioral, morphological, and
physiological adaptations to extract floral resources. Much of our
attention will be focused on the rich variety of solitary bee species
(200-250 species) and the flowers they visit at Hastings. Various bee
groups will be examined under magnification to observe relevant
morphological adaptations.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Verdana" color="#003366">Participants will be
instructed on the wide variety of methods that are used to study
pollination relationships. During the evenings, talks will be
presented on the topics of pollination syndromes in plants, bee
diversity, global pollinator decline, and encouraging pollinators in
your backyard environment.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Verdana" color="#003366">Course fee ($350/$375)
includes lodging, meals, and transportation for the duration of the
workshop. Most participants will be accommodated in twin or bunk-style
beds. Space outside the bunkhouse is also available for
camping.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Verdana" color="#CC6600"><b>Registration information,
Contact Anna Larsen</b></font></div>
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color="#CC6600"><b>alarsen@berkeley.edu</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" color="#CC6600"><b>(510)
643-7008</b></font></div>
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<div>http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/</div>
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