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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=4>Western
Apicultural Society Conference Set Aug.
17-20<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT><EM><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">DAVIS—</SPAN></FONT></I></EM>Honey bee specialists and
native pollinator experts will address the 31st annual <A
title=http://groups.ucanr.org/WAS/ href="http://groups.ucanr.org/WAS/">Western
Apicultural Society</A> (WAS) Conference, set Aug. 17-20 in Healdsburg, Sonoma
County.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The main
conference sessions will take place in the Dry Creek Inn and <st1:place
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w:st="on">198 Dry Creek Road</st1:address></st1:Street>.
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“The
conference provides an opportunity to learn about bee health and disease
research and to interact with professionals,” said president Eric Mussen of
Davis, Cooperative Extension apiculturist and member of the UC Davis Department
of Entomology faculty since 1976. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">See more at
http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/news/wasconference09.html<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kathy Keatley
Garvey<BR>Communications Specialist<BR>Department of Entomology<BR>396A Briggs
Hall<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Gill Sans MT" size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>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<BR>LDA@pollinator.org</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
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face="Gill Sans MT" color=#0000ff size=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="14"><B><A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A></B></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Gill Sans MT" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"></B><BR><A
href="http://www.nappc.org/">www.nappc.org</A><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Gill Sans MT" color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="12"><B><I>National Pollinator Week is June 22-28, 2009. <BR>Beecome
involved at <A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A></I></FONT></B></DIV></FONT><DIV CLASS="aol_ad_footer" ID="21d1ea6fb8a5d89970a817c06c059f1b"><br/><font style="color:black;font:normal 10pt arial,san-serif;"> <hr style="margin-top:10px"/>Download the <a href="http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004">AOL Classifieds Toolbar</a> for local deals at your fingertips.</font></DIV></BODY></HTML>