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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings Pollinator Listserv-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Farming for pollinators training opportunity at the Heritage Harvest Festival. Please see the full article below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://heritageharvestfestival.com/blog/"><span style='color:blue'>The Heritage Harvest Festival Blog</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><h2><a href="http://heritageharvestfestival.com/2012/03/22/farming-for-pollinators-with-nancy-adamson/" title="Farming for Pollinators <em>with Nancy Adamson</em>">Farming for Pollinators <em><span style='color:blue'>with Nancy Adamson</span></em></a><o:p></o:p></h2><p>I’m very excited about the chance to join you all for this year’s Heritage Harvest Festival. Bees play a big role in bringing some of my favorite foods to the harvest (apples, blueberries, raspberries, serviceberries, squash, tomatoes…) and I know folks really want to help support bee health as much as possible. I’ll be talking about the diversity of native bees that pollinate crops in Virginia, including (see photos) mining bees, squash bees, bumble bees and sweat bees.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://heritageharvestfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/Adamson_mining_bee_on_apple_IMG_5900.jpg"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=250 height=187 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD0E82.988E1C80" alt="Mining Bee on Apple Blossom"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=wp-caption-text>a mining bee on apple blossoms<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://heritageharvestfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/Adamson_squash_bees_on_squash.jpg"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=250 height=187 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD0E82.988E1C80" alt="Squash Bees on a Squash Blossom"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=wp-caption-text>squash bees in a squash blossom<o:p></o:p></p><p>I’ll also highlight ways you can support bee and other beneficial insect populations on your farm and in surrounding landscapes. You can protect and plant pollen and nectar sources (right now trees like willow, maple, redbud, and serviceberry are providing a lot of food for early spring bees, and later in the season meadow species like beebalm, milkweed, and wingstem will be vital), protect nesting sites (scout for and protect bare areas for groundnesting bees, leave dead wood and canes for cavity nesting bees, and leave bunch grasses like broomsedge unmown for bumble bees) and take care in your use of pesticides (even organic pesticides can kill bees if sprayed when they’re visiting flowers). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://heritageharvestfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/Adamson_bumble_bee_on_squash_IMG_5900.jpg"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=250 height=187 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD0E82.988E1C80" alt="Bumble Bees on Squash Blossoms"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=wp-caption-text>bumble bees in a squash blossom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://heritageharvestfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/Adamson-pollinator-community-on-wingstem.jpg"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=250 height=187 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CD0E82.988E1C80" alt="pollinator community on wingstem"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=wp-caption-text>a bee community on wingstem (<em>Verbesina alternifolia</em>)<o:p></o:p></p><p>If you’d like to see a few Virginia bees in action, you can watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_etyEdu9fQ">a short video montage</a>. For information on pollination resources for the mid-Atlantic region, visit <a href="http://www.xerces.org/pollinators-mid-atlantic-region/">xerces.org</a>. Contact me, Nancy Adamson, at <a href="mailto:nancy@xerces.org">nancy@xerces.org</a> or <a href="mailto:nancy.adamson@gnb.usda.gov">nancy.adamson@gnb.usda.gov</a>, where I work jointly as a Pollinator Conservation Specialist with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and the US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.<o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://heritageharvestfestival.com/premium-workshops/#farm-pollinator-fri">Farming for Pollinators</a> (Friday, 12:45 p.m.–1:45 p.m.) with <a href="http://heritageharvestfestival.com/presenters/#nada">Nancy Adamson</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://heritageharvestfestival.com/premium-workshops/#farm-pollinator-sat">Farming for Pollinators</a> (Saturday, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.) with <a href="http://heritageharvestfestival.com/presenters/#nada">Nancy Adamson</a> <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://heritageharvestfestival.com/">HeritageHarvestFestival.com</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.museumtix.com/program/program.aspx?vid=826&pid=10703362&pvt=mon">Festival Tickets</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ashley Minnerath<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pollinator Program Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1971 – 2011: Forty Years of Conservation!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>628 NE Broadway Suite 200, Portland, OR, 97232 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:ashley@xerces.org"><span style='color:blue'>ashley@xerces.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tel: (503) 232-6639, ext. 102<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Toll free: 1-855-232-6639, ext. 102<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax: (503) 233-6794<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To join the Society, make a contribution, or read about our work, please visit <a href="http://www.xerces.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.xerces.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New Book Now Available:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.xerces.org/announcing-the-publication-of-attracting-native-pollinators/"><span style='color:blue'>Attracting Native Pollinators. Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>