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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Lucida Console, Monaco, monospace" color=#0000ff size=5><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif">Langstroth's 200th
Birthday- A Science Celebration</FONT> </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Two hundred years after his birth in 1810,
Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, known as the “Father of American Beekeeping,"
will be honored, thanks, in part to the growing buzz of the sustainability
movement. Langstroth's discovery of "bee space" and his invention of the
movable-frame honey bee hive will be celebrated with a national network of
exhibits, workshops and seminars and, with your help, perhaps a commemorative
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face="Courier New"><PLACE w:st=""><COUNTRY-REGION w:st="">U.S.</COUNTRY-REGION></PLACE> postage stamp as
well. Langstroth was employed as a tutor, a minister and a schoolmaster in
<STATE w:st="">Connecticut</STATE>, <STATE w:st="">Massachusetts</STATE> and
<PLACE w:st=""><STATE w:st="">Pennsylvania</STATE></PLACE> in the 1830s and
1840s. Fascinated by their honeycomb, he began his beekeeping hobby with "two
stocks of bees in common box hives." Before long he was exploring
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beekeeping in depth. He observed his bees and sought to understand their ways in
order to build better hive boxes which would allow him to combat the destructive
wax moths, and collect surplus honey without harming the bees or damaging their
wonderful honey comb. </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>This is the essence of the scientific method. Those who might think that
Langstroth was an unlikely scientist would be misunderstanding the role of
science in our lives. The scientific method involves experiencing the world in
which we live, responding to the curiosity that naturally resides inside us,
devising a method of observing and recording, testing and confirming </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>our expectations,
and evaluating the results we achieve. It is available and valuable to each and
every one of us, just as it was to Langstroth. In the words of Thomas D. Seeley,
Ph.D., Professor of Biology at Cornell University’s Department of Neurobiology
and Behavior, “Without Langstroth's invention of the movable-frame hive, I'm
sure that the honey bee would not have become the best studied insect on the
planet.” </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Langstroth’s efforts gave us a way to raise large quantities of bees,
keep them healthy and collect their honey in a truly sustainable way, without
destroying their home. We all owe him a debt and the year 2010, his 200th
birthday year is a great time to start repaying that debt in ways that benefit
us all. </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>The Down to Earth Project of the Science Friday Initiative • 4 West 43rd
Street</STREET>, <CITY w:st="">NY</CITY>, <STATE w:st="">NY</STATE> <POSTALCODE w:st="">10036</POSTALCODE></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Step One in
repaying our debt to Langstroth will be the study and appreciation of his
efforts and what those efforts have yielded. Throughout the year 2010, the Down
to Earth Program will be developing and coordinating a network of national
workshops, exhibits and gatherings to teach and learn about the considerable
science connected with the honey bee. There is so much more to what we will be
doing in the next year to celebrate Langstroth's birthday, which I will describe
at a later date. But I don't want to conclude this introduction before
explaining Step Two. </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Step Two in repaying the debt we owe Langstroth would be to convince the
U.S. Postal Service that we all deserve a commemorative postage stamp created in
honor of his 200th birthday. It is my hope that the beekeeping community, anyone
who enjoys honey, and everyone who appreciates all the foods we eat which would
not be available without the work of the honey bee, will write a letter or sign
a petition encouraging the U.S. Postal Service to honor Langstroth in this way
at this special time. </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Please spread the word. A flood of letters is
necessary to convince the Postal Service how important Langstroth is to
Americans across the country, and how a commemorative stamp would help him
achieve the recognition he has so far been denied. The stamp is especially
important at a time when honeybees are threatened by colony collapse disorder,
and people all over the country, even in urban areas, are helping out by
embracing beekeeping. Get everyone you know on board the postage stamp campaign,
and have them tell their friends. </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>The U.S. Postal Service Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee meets in
January 2010, so please write a letter today. We need a pile of letters waiting
for them when they arrive at their meeting. Letters sent directly to the Postal
Service will be most effective. Below, please find the address to which people
should send those letters. For those wishing to include their names on petitions
which I will be preparing and submitting, as well as anyone who wishes to let me
know they support this project, please send an email to me at <STOCKTICKER w:st="">LLL</STOCKTICKER>200@scifri.org and include your Zip Code so that we may
know the breadth of our support. Or Write To: Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
c/o Stamp Development, <PLACE w:st=""><COUNTRY-REGION w:st="">U.S.</COUNTRY-REGION></PLACE> Postal Service 1735 North Lynn St., Suite
5013Arlington</STREET>, <CITY w:st="">VA</CITY> <POSTALCODE w:st=" ">22209-6432</POSTALCODE></FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>The Down to Earth Project of the Science Friday Initiative • 4 West 43rd
Street</STREET>, <CITY w:st=""><POSTALCODE w:st="">NY</POSTALCODE></CITY>,
<STATE w:st=""><POSTALCODE w:st="">NY</POSTALCODE></STATE> <POSTALCODE w:st="">10036</FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
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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
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