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<DIV><EM>Thanks to Kathy Keatley Garvey for this posting.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Robbin Thorp to speak on native pollinators</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of
entomology<BR>at the University of California, Davis, will speak on "Native Bees
as<BR>Pollinators" at the Northern California Entomology Society meeting
on<BR>Thursday, May 6 in the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility.
His<BR>talk begins at 10:30 a.m. <BR>More information at
http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/news/norcalmay10.html.<BR><BR>The Northern
California Entomology Society meets three times a year: the<BR>first Thursday in
February, usually in Sacramento; the first Thursday in<BR>May, at UC Davis; and
the first Thursday in November in the Contra Costa<BR>Mosquito and Vector
Control District conference room, Concord. Membership<BR>dues are $10 year. The
president is agricultural biologist Matthew<BR>Slattengren of the Contra Costa
County Department of Agriculture.<BR><BR>Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of
the UC Davis Department of Entomology<BR>faculty serves as the
secretary-treasurer. He can be reached
at<BR>ecmussen@ucdavis.edu.<BR><BR><BR>Kathy Keatley Garvey<BR>Communications
Specialist<BR>Department of Entomology<BR>396A Briggs Hall<BR>One Shields
Ave.<BR>University of California, Davis<BR>Davis, CA 95616<BR>Phone: (530)
754-6894<BR>Fax: (530)
752-1537<BR>kegarvey@ucdavis.edu <BR>http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/home.cfm<BR>http://beebiology.ucdavis.edu<BR>http://ucanr.org/index.cfm<BR>http://ucanr.org/blogs/bugsquad/<BR>http://www.flickr.com/photos/pho-tog/<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>