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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #365f91">Delaware Dept. of Agriculture,
Plant Industries, will be hosting a Crop Pollination session during Delaware Ag
Week. The agenda is below. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #365f91">There is no charge or admission fee for
the session. This will also give you the chance to meet the new Apiculture
professor at the University of Delaware, Dr. Debbie Delaney.<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #365f91">The Pollinator
Session will be held in the Ag Commodities and Education Building at the
Delaware State Fair Grounds. Here are the driving directions:</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A title=http://www.delawarestatefair.com/fair/visitors/directions.htm href="http://www.delawarestatefair.com/fair/visitors/directions.htm">http://www.delaware<WBR>statefair.<WBR>com/fair/<WBR>visitors/<WBR>directions.<WBR>htm</A>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #365f91">Here is a link to the Ag Week
Schedule, so you can see what’s going on in the other
sessions.<O></O></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A title=http://www.rec.udel.edu/AgWeek/home.htm href="http://www.rec.udel.edu/AgWeek/home.htm">http://www.rec.<WBR>udel.edu/<WBR>AgWeek/home.<WBR>htm</A><O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNoSpacing><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Crop Pollination and
Bees
January 21, 2010<O></O></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Moderator: Faith
Kuehn, Plant Industries Administrator, Delaware Department of
Agriculture<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">8:30-8:40
Welcome and Introduction. Bob Mitchell, Delaware State Apiarist, Delaware
Department of Agriculture, Dover, DE<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">8:40-9:00
The Status of Honey Bee Health in the U.S. I. Barton Smith, Jr,
Entomologist, USDA Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, MD<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">9:00-9:20
Honey Bees, Satellites and Climate Change. Wayne Esaias, Research
Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenville, MD<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">9:20-9:40
Non-<I>Apis</I> Bees Important for Crop Pollination. Nancy Lee Adamson,
Entomology Graduate Student, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA <O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">9:40-9:55
Pollination Service: the Value of Honey Bees and Native Bees in Delaware.
Debbie Delaney, Assistant Professor of Entomology, University of Delaware
(February 1, 2010), Postdoctoral Fellow North Carolina State
University<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">9:55-10:10
BREAK<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">10:10-10:50 Honey Bees, Bumble
Bees, and Pollenizers in Watermelons. Jonathan Schultheis, Professor and
Departmental Extension Leader, Department of Horticultural Science, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">10:50-11:30 Native Pollinators
Can Provide Crop Assurance in Pumpkins. T’ai Roulston, Curator, The State
Arboretum of Virginia, Research Associate Professor, Department of Environmental
Science, University of Virginia, Boyce, VA<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">11:30-11:45 Delaware Bees and
their Habitat. Heather Harmon Disque, Entomologist, Plant Industries,
Delaware Department of Agriculture, Dover, DE<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">11:45-12:10 How to Plant
Pollinator Buffer Strips and Meadows. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Matthew Sarver, Sarver Ecological Consulting,
Blairsville, PA</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #365f91">Thanks and
regards,<O></O></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #365f91">Faith<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Papyrus">Faith B. Kuehn,
Ph.D.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Papyrus">Plant Industries
Administrator</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Papyrus">Delaware Department
of Agriculture</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Papyrus">2320
S. Dupont Highway</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Papyrus">Dover, DE
19901</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Papyrus">302-698-4587</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
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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 color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 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 21-27, 2010. <BR>Beecome
involved at <A href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A></I></FONT></B></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>