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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>The International Bee Research Association, a nonprofit dedicated to ‘promoting
the value of bees by providing information on bee science and beekeeping
worldwide since 1949’<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>has just posted several free pamphlets regarding the care and value of
bumble bees, solitary bees, and honey bees (<a
href="http://www.ibra.org.uk/categories/20090402">http://www.ibra.org.uk/categories/20090402</a>).
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>These were written for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>
audiences but lose nothing in the translation to bee needs elsewhere. IBRA also
has a vast store of historical information on bees (mostly Apis) and a number
of popular books (http://www.ibra.org.uk/).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Jay<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Jay D. Evans<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>USDA-ARS Bee
Research Lab<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt'>10300 Baltimore Ave</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>, BARC-E Bldg 476<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Beltsville</span></font></st1:City><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>, <st1:State w:st="on">MD</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">20705</st1:PostalCode> <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></span></font></st1:place><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ph
301-504-5143 FX 301-504-8736<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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