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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Information on free lecture shared per request of pollinator supporter Julie Super.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tom VA, Pollinator Partnership Director of Public Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span style='color:blue'>Pollinator Partnership</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Super, Julie [mailto:julie.super@mncppc-mc.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 06, 2011 9:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> tva@pollinator.org<br><b>Subject:</b> FREE Lecture of interest<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Tom,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I recently received information about the Highway BEES Act (which I supported) and thought the following lecture may be of interest to other folks on the pollinator listserve. If you think that assessment is correct, would you mind forwarding the information?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for your support.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Julie Super<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Marketing and Media Relations Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Horticulture, Forestry and Environmental Education Division<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Montgomery County Department of Parks of M-NCPPC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>301.962.1472 (o)<br>301.704.5771 (c)<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Using Genomic Technologies to Understand Honey Bees Decline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wednesday, July 13; 6:30-8:30pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Meadowside Nature Center, 5100 Meadowside Lane, Rockville, MD 20855, 301-258-4030<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Honey bees are important crop pollinators in many countries, including the U.S. However, the rate at which managed colonies fail to survive the winter has increased dramatically in recent years, without any unifying explanation. We will discuss how advances in the field of genomics have been used to snoop out possible causes of colony collapse disorder and better understand other bee diseases. This will include a basic primer on what genomics is and why it has had a profound impact on biology in recent years. We will also learn about the current hypotheses for bee declines that are being tested. Speaker: Scott Cornman, Postdoctoral Scientist, Bee Research Lab, United States Department of Agriculture -Agricultural Research Services.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please register at <a href="http://parkpass.org/Activities/ActivitiesCourseDetails.asp?cid=153399">parkPASS.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>