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<p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(230, 120, 3); font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px;">Managing Alternative
Pollinators. </span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(230, 120, 3); font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px;">A Handbook for Beekeepers,
Growers, and Conservationists </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Press Advisory April 12, 2010</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For more information contact: Eric Mader, Xerces
Society National Pollinator Outreach Coordinator at 503-232-6639 or
<a href="mailto:eric@xerces.org" target="_blank">eric@xerces.org</a>.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
(SARE) has just released a first-of-its-kind, step-by-step, full-color
guide for rearing and managing bumble bees, mason bees, leafcutter
bees, and other alternatives to honey bee pollinators.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The book was written by Eric Mader, Xerces Society
National Outreach Coordinator; Marla Spivak, Professor of Apiculture and
Social Insects, University of Minnesota, Department of Entomology; and
Elaine Evans, Xerces Society Conservation Consultant and author of <i style="font-style: italic;">Befriending
Bumble Bees</i>.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This new book provides all of the information
people will need to rear alternative pollinators, including leafcutter
bees, mason bees, and bumble bees, said lead author Eric Mader. We hope
this will encourage the rearing of local pollinators, so people can
avoid moving species outside their native ranges.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whether you are a grower, beekeeper, bee
enthusiast, or conservation practitioner this book provides clear easy
to use information to start rearing and managing native bees. It
includes: </p>
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<p>Detailed information on each alternative pollinator's biology
and susceptibility to disease, pests, and chemicals.</p>
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<p>Step-by-step instructions on how to rear and manage
alternative pollinators.</p>
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<p>Nest construction details, and parasite and disease
management guidelines</p>
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<p>Easy-to-understand accounts of the honey bee's plight and
what is being done to breed healthier honey bees.</p>
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<p>What can be done to protect pollinators and our food
systems.</p>
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<p>Information on matching pollinators to crops, and
deciding how best to pollinate for successful agricultural
production and pollinator protection.</p>
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<p>Guidance for understanding the business of pollination
(including a sample pollination contract</p>
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<p>A bibliography and list of additional resources</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>The book is illustrated with more than 130 color</span> photos.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For ordering and price information visit the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.nraes.org/nra_map.html" target="_blank">NRAES website</a>.</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(230, 120, 3); font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px;">PHOTO CREDIT</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>
Mason Bee (<i style="font-style: italic;">Osmia aglaia</i>) by Mace Vaughan </span></p></td>
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