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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">The Pollinators Project of the National Biological
Information Infrastructure (NBII), is pleased to announce the publication
of eleven new dichotomous bee keys completed this year by Michael Arduser
(Natural History Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation). </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Initially developed as part of a "Bees
of Missouri" project that is now being expanded to include all species
east of the Great Plains, the keys are all works-in-progress, and will
be updated/improved/corrected as necessary. Each key can be downloaded
as a PDF document from <</font><a href=http://www.nbii.gov/beekeys/><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>http://www.nbii.gov/beekeys/</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">>.
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">The NBII Pollinators Project <</font><a href=http://pollinators.nbii.gov/><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>http://pollinators.nbii.gov/</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">>
supports efforts to increase access to information about the taxonomy,
biology, ecology, conservation status, and threats to native pollinators,
pollinator-dependent species, and pollinator habitats in the United States
and abroad. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Please address any corrections/suggestions
for the keys to Mike at <michael.arduser@mdc.mo.gov> and any comments
regarding the Web page may be addressed to Elizabeth Sellers (Manager,
NBII Pollinators Project) <esellers@usgs.gov>. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Cheers, Liz<br>
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Elizabeth Sellers</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Manager, NBII Pollinators Project</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><</font><a href=http://pollinators.nbii.gov/><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://pollinators.nbii.gov/</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">><br>
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National Biological Information Infrastructure <</font><a href=www.nbii.gov><font size=2 face="sans-serif">www.nbii.gov</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">><br>
National Program Office<br>
United States Geological Survey<br>
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 302<br>
Reston, VA 20192 USA<br>
Ph 703.648.4385 | Fax 703.648.4224 | esellers@usgs.gov<br>
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