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<DIV><EM>Thanks to Laurence Packer for sending the link and the comments
below.</EM></DIV>
<DIV><BR>http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/Science/article/425526<BR></DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><FONT face=Arial><EM>From Laurence:</EM></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><FONT face=Arial>The bee species list referred to was developed by
John Ascher and<BR>colleagues and is available on the Discover Life website and
Terry does<BR>know that species names begin with lower case letters!<BR><BR>Also
please note that the dollar value quoted for getting the job done<BR>is a
MINIMAL estimate for CHEMICAL only! No curator time, collection
costs,<BR>etc., have been included in this, so the total required will be
perhaps<BR>an order of magnitude greater.<BR><BR>I had no opportunity to check
this article before it went to
press,<BR>obviously!<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><BR>Laurence</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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PTSIZE="10">Laurie Davies Adams<BR>Executive Director<BR><B>Pollinator
Partnership </B><BR>423 Washington Street, 5th floor<BR>San Francisco, CA
94111<BR>415-362-1137</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2
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