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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Results of recent investigations into the agrochemicals
found inside bee hives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0009754">http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0009754</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>
</span></font><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Mace <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vaughan</st1:place></st1:City><br>
</span></font></b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial'>Pollinator Program Director, Entomologist/Educator <br>
Joint Pollinator Conservation Specialist for the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">USDA-NRCS</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">West</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Technology</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Support</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
<br>
</span></font><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate
Conservation</span></font></b><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=1
  face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>4828 SE Hawthorne
  Blvd.</span></font></st1:Street><font size=1 face=Arial><span
 style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:City w:st="on">Portland</st1:City>,
 <st1:State w:st="on">OR</st1:State>&nbsp; <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">97215-3252</st1:PostalCode>
 <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></span></font></st1:address><br>
<font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>office:
503-232-6639&nbsp; fax: 503-233-6794&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>mobile: 503-753-6000&nbsp; NRCS:
503-273-2442<br>
email:&nbsp; mace@xerces.org&nbsp; <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Find all the information you need to
conserve pollinator habitat at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/">http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
The Xerces Society is an international, nonprofit organization that <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>protects wildlife through the
conservation of invertebrates and their <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>habitat. To join the Society, make a
contribution, or read about our <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>work, please visit <a
href="http://www.xerces.org/" eudora=autourl>http://www.xerces.org/</a></span></font><a
href="http://www.xerces.org/"><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
</span></font></a>_______________________________________________ <o:p></o:p></p>

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