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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, all-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you haven’t already heard the buzz, the new “Garden Variety Native Bees of North America Perpetual Calendar” is now available for purchase through the website <a href="http://www.nativebeedazzled.com">www.nativebeedazzled.com</a>. Here is a description of the calendar which will benefit both the Xerces Society and The Great Sunflower Project:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>MAKE YOUR GARDEN BEE-UTIFUL!</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tnjebhdab&et=1108179116982&s=574&e=001uG7f9gqx1UAz0NPuJY2feR23mH5vk69khq8hdBxRwxAaS9t_CBhZN9GJQUpYeabMxCpbgN1C9tZu8O0EecL0TSELfLQ1VHwiwqAFKizFSwUyc9WeXQXP1yDCAxdGq7PASzUsbsbUl85qWPY_VRRm7JfjRnv_jAnI" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=330 height=248 id="ecx_x005f_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCAED6.1C175FB0" alt="calendar cover"></span></b></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The “Garden Variety Native Bees of North America” perpetual calendar is both a guide to some of our more common native bees and a gardening calendar that never goes out of date. Included is a two-page introduction to native bees which contains tips on how to create habitat for them in your own backyard. Use the journal portion of this calendar to keep month to month and even year to year comparative garden notes. It’s a great way to record your observations of the bloom times and other characteristics of the bee-friendly plants you include in your garden, along with the numbers and different types of bees that visit them. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>This 9 “X 12” calendar, which includes stunning photographs by Rollin Coville and accompanying descriptions and recommended plant lists by Celeste Ets-Hokin, is sure to inspire gardeners and growers everywhere to make our landscape bee-utiful!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>A portion of the proceeds from the sales of this calendar will support the work of two leading pollinator conservation organizations:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The Great Sunflower Project, a pollinator monitoring and conservation program led by Dr. Gretchen LeBuhn of San Francisco State University; for more information visit </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.greatsunflower.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>www.greatsunflower.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a nonprofit at the forefront of protecting native bees and their habitat across the country; to learn more about their work, visit </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.xerces.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>www.xerces.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To preview a sample of the calendar, and to place your orders, visit: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nativebeedazzled.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>www.nativebeedazzled.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>