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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><h2 style="margin-top: 15px; font-size: 20px !important; color: rgb(255, 102, 0) !important; font-family: Flux !important; text-align: left; ">We'd like to welcome you to join our new citizen science project at www.UFNativeBuzz.com</h2><div class="paragraph editable-text" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman' !important; font-size: 18px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51) !important; text-align: left; "> Native Buzz is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_science" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none; ">citizen science project</a> created by the University of Florida (UF) <a href="http://www.ufhoneybee.com/" target="_blank" title="" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none; ">Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab</a>. Our goal is to learn more about the nesting preferences, diversity and distribution of our native solitary bees and wasps, share the information gained and provide a forum for those interested in participating in the science and art of native beekeeping (and wasp-keeping!). Here at University of Florida Native Buzz you can keep track of your own native buzz nest site and see the results of other participant’s nest sites.<br><span></span><br><span></span></div><h2 style="margin-top: 15px; font-size: 20px !important; color: rgb(255, 102, 0) !important; font-weight: normal; font-family: Flux !important; text-align: left; "><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); "><strong>Through participation in Native Buzz you can:</strong></span><br></h2><div style="color: rgb(24, 40, 1); "><div class="wsite-multicol" style="position: relative; direction: ltr; "><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: -15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -15px; "><table class="wsite-multicol-table" style="position: relative; border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 840px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; "><tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"><tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"><td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="vertical-align: top; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; width: 451px; "><div class="paragraph editable-text" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman' !important; font-size: 18px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51) !important; text-align: left; "><ul style="padding-left: 25px !important; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; "><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Design and build nesting habitat for solitary bees and wasps.</li><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Identify the solitary bees and wasps as they emerge from your nesting site.</li><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Compare the populations of solitary bees and wasps nesting in your site to other nesting site populations across the country.</li><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Investigate the ecological web of predators, prey, parasites, pollinators and more.</li><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Collect and record data about the solitary bees and wasps that nest in your site.</li><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Share your findings and contribute to a growing database of knowledge. </li><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Explore the fascinating world of solitary bees and wasps!</li></ul></div></td><td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="vertical-align: top; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; 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"><tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"><tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"><td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="vertical-align: top; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; width: 426px; "><div><div id="901049822583600851" align="left" class="wcustomhtml" style="width: 426px; overflow-y: hidden; "><br></div></div></td><td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="vertical-align: top; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; width: 384px; "><h2 style="margin-top: 15px; font-size: 20px !important; color: rgb(255, 102, 0) !important; font-weight: normal; font-family: Flux !important; text-align: left; "><strong>Using the data you collect WE can:</strong></h2><div class="paragraph editable-text" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman' !important; font-size: 18px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51) !important; text-align: left; "><ul style="padding-left: 25px !important; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; "><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Monitor the populations of solitary bees and wasps globally.</li><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Monitor the regional distribution and diversities of solitary bees and wasps.</li><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; "><span>Create action plans for endangered spe</span>cies.</li><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; "><span>Find potential manageable species of pollinators for crop production or bio-control agents for pest control.</span></li><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; ">Track introduced non-native or invasive species of solitary bees and wasps.</li><li style="padding-left: 5px !important; margin-top: 3px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important; "><span>Diversify our pollination tool-belt so that we are less reliant on the handful of </span>bee species that are currently managed.</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br><div style="font-family:Tahoma"><br></div><span class="ecxEC_Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate"><pre style="white-space:normal"><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">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) 519-9592<br>Fax (352) 392-0190</font></pre></span><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> From: pollinator-request@lists.sonic.net<br>> Subject: Pollinator Digest, Vol 930, Issue 1<br>> To: pollinator@lists.sonic.net<br>> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:08:44 -0700<br>> <br>> Send Pollinator mailing list submissions to<br>> pollinator@lists.sonic.net<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator<br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> pollinator-request@lists.sonic.net<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> pollinator-owner@lists.sonic.net<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of Pollinator digest..."<br>> <br>> <br>> Today's Topics:<br>> <br>> 1. butterflies and herbicides (David Inouye)<br>> 2. more neonic stories in the news (David Inouye)<br>> 3. FW: Please circulate/post TODAY - IMBird Day webinar this<br>> Thursday (Jennifer Tsang)<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:39:15 -0400<br>> From: David Inouye <inouye@umd.edu><br>> Subject: [Pollinator] butterflies and herbicides<br>> To: <pollinator@coevolution.org><br>> Message-ID:<br>> <c3dd1d2b-c5a2-4ecb-b5db-60accd623156@OITPMXHT01.AD.UMD.EDU><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>> <br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <http://lists.sonic.net/pipermail/pollinator/attachments/20120402/796423b8/attachment-0001.html><br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 2<br>> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 10:06:24 -0400<br>> From: David Inouye <inouye@umd.edu><br>> Subject: [Pollinator] more neonic stories in the news<br>> To: <pollinator@coevolution.org><br>> Message-ID:<br>> <662abc3a-f5b9-43e8-b610-72a35da3cc66@OITPMXHT02.AD.UMD.EDU><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>> <br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <http://lists.sonic.net/pipermail/pollinator/attachments/20120401/9f59fb01/attachment-0001.html><br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 3<br>> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:02:49 -0700<br>> From: "Jennifer Tsang" <jt@pollinator.org><br>> Subject: [Pollinator] FW: Please circulate/post TODAY - IMBird Day<br>> webinar this Thursday<br>> To: <pollinator@coevolution.org><br>> Message-ID: <9B90F6C9B90F4110B92F22EB4B08EFF8@coevo11310><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>> <br>> From: Winter, Kimberly A -FS [mailto:kawinter@fs.fed.us] <br>> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 7:30 AM<br>> To: Winter, Kimberly A -FS<br>> Subject: Please circulate/post TODAY - IMBird Day webinar this Thursday<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Please circulate the attached webinar flyer widely today/tomorrow to<br>> relevant staff, partners, and volunteers. The International Migratory Bird<br>> Day event webinar is this Thursday, April 5th from 3:30-4:30pm ET in Yates'<br>> Roosevelt Room, accessible free and online at:<br>> www.livemeeting.com/cc/usda/join?id=M4ZP25<br>> <http://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usda/join?id=M4ZP25&role=attend> &role=attend<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Details are below:<br>> <br>> Celebrate 20th International Migratory Bird Day <br>> <br>> All Year Long: Connecting People to Bird Conservation<br>> <br>> on our National Forests & Grasslands <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012<br>> Time: 3:30-4:30 pm ET <br>> <br>> Place: USFS Yates Bldg, Roosevelt Room, 2nd Floor,<br>> SE<br>> <br>> Link: www.livemeeting.com/cc/usda/join?id=M4ZP25<br>> <http://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usda/join?id=M4ZP25&role=attend> &role=attend<br>> <br>> Meeting ID: M4ZP25, entry code C3X}x=dpH (not needed)<br>> <br>> Call-in: 1-888-858-2144, passcode 7028722<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Speakers: <br>> <br>> Sue Bonfield Greg Butcher<br>> Kimberly Winter <br>> Executive Director Migratory Species Coordinator<br>> NatureWatch Program Leader<br>> Environment for the Americas USDA FS International Programs USDA FS<br>> WFWARP Staff<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Description: Join our partners at Environment for the Americas to learn ways<br>> to connect people to birds and their conservation through this years'<br>> International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) special 20th year celebrations. The<br>> 2012 annual bird conservation theme will focus on 20 ways people may help<br>> birds every day. Whether you are hosting an event or participating in an<br>> event hosted by someone else, we'll help you discover how the 20 ways of<br>> helping birds can be incorporated into your IMBD celebration. We'll also<br>> share details about the International Migratory Bird Day Challenge - for<br>> which you can earn recognition and free outreach materials - and how to get<br>> free publicity for your events!!<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Created in 1993, International Migratory Bird Day celebrations are now<br>> hosted at over 500 sites in three languages (English, Spanish, & French)<br>> throughout the Western Hemisphere, reaching hundreds of thousands of youth<br>> and adults. These sites include National Forests and Grasslands, Wildlife<br>> Refuges, National Parks, museums, nature centers, libraries, and bird<br>> observatories. <br>> <br>> International Migratory Bird Day is a great way for you to connect to <br>> <br>> people and help them connect to and protect birds!<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Please join us for this fun & informational presentation!<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> IMBD resources:<br>> <http://www.fws.gov/scripts/exit.cfm?link=http://birdday.org/birdday/themes/<br>> 2012-twenty-years-of-imbd><br>> http://birdday.org/birdday/themes/2012-twenty-years-of-imbd<br>> <br>> To RSVP, contact: <mailto:kawinter@fs.fed.us> kawinter@fs.fed.us or<br>> gsbutcher@fs.fed.us<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Thanks!<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Kim<br>> <br>> Kimberly Winter, PhD | NatureWatch Program Leader | USDA Forest Service <br>> <br>> WFWARP Staff, Room 3SE | 201 14th St. SW | Washington, DC 20024<br>> <br>> <mailto:kawinter@fs.fed.us> kawinter@fs.fed.us | 202-205-1220 | fax -1599<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely<br>> for the intended recipients. 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