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I know that some of you lead bee walks or pollinator walks. It would be nice to know about those who do so. Perhaps there is enough interest on a guide book. So far there is one for the Sonora Desert pollinators </font></font><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">(Nina Chambers,
Yajaira Gray, Stephen Buchmann. Pollinators of the Sonoran Desert,
a Field Guide). Also</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"> the Xerces
Society has published "Attracting
Native Pollinators: The Xerces Society Guide to Conserving North American Bees
and Butterflies and Their Habitat" which includes a guide but it is not quite a field guide. </span></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">So, probably it would be nice to have one for the whole country that can be used for pollinator walks.</span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">I have been working tentatively on a small guide in my blog. I call it: </span></font><font size="2"><font><font><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">"</span></font></font></font></font></font><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">Pollinators and
other flower visitors. A field guide for young people"</span></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><font size="3"> <font size="2">(a simple guide including only the most common flower visitors) http://polinizador.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/pollinators-and-other-flower-visitors-a-field-guide-for-young-people/. I wonder whether there would be demand for a printed guide book</font></font>.</span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><font size="2">I would like to hear from people involved in the matter.<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black; mso-ansi-language:PT-BR" lang="PT-BR">Beatriz Moisset</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black; mso-ansi-language:PT-BR" lang="PT-BR"><a target="_blank" href="http://pollinators.blogspot.com/">http://pollinators.blogspot.com/</a><br>
http://pollinatingbee.blogspot.com<br>
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