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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Hi!</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">We need some help coming up with a good name for a citizen science project. </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">If we use the name that you suggest, we will give you a jar of local honey produced by our UF honey bees!</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Here are the details of the project:</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">1. People of all ages design, create and register a solitary bee and wasp nesting site. </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">2. When solitary bees and wasps move in to the site they take a picture of the occupied nest. </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">3. When the solitary bees and wasps emerge from the site they take a picture of the adult bee or wasp. </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">4. The pictures and data about the site are uploaded onto a website database viewable by all participants. </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The benefits of the project:</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">1. It provides an opportunity for citizens to be involved with "real science".</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">2. It will educate the general public about the importance, diversity and distribution of solitary bees and wasps. </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">3. It is a fun, outdoor learning project that can tie in many lessons on ecology, conservation, and more. </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">4. The data provided will help us to map the diversity and distribution of solitary bees (important pollinators) and wasps (biological
control agents) over time. </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">For more information and to submit a name visit our facebook page:</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NBNSproject" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/NBNSproject</a></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NBNSprojecthttps%3a/www.facebook.com/notes/native-bee-nest-site-project/new-name-contest-win-a-jar-of-honey/232046720190110" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/notes/native-bee-nest-site-project/new-name-contest-win-a-jar-of-honey/232046720190110</a></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">or email Jgraham@ufl.edu with BEES in the subject line. </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Thanks for the help and good luck!!</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Jason</span></p>
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<pre>Jason R. Graham<br>Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory<br>Department of Entomology and Nematology<br>University of Florida<br>Bldg 970 Natural Area Drive<br>PO Box 110620 Gainesville, FL 32611-0620<br>Phone (352) 263-9066<br>Fax (352) 392-0190</pre>
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