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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Calling all bee-friendly gardeners:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Spring has sprung,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Flowers have risen,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Beckoning native bees<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>By the dozen!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The many species of native bees that are already finding their way to the bevy of spring blooms in our gardens can be nearly as colorful as the blooms themselves. And here’s a great way to help identify these distinguished visitors, as well as keep track of their annual appearance and preferred forage plants: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><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”</span> <span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>perpetual calendar is both a guide to some of our more common native bees and a gardening calendar that <i>never goes out of date</i>. Also included is a two-page introduction to native bees, which contains tips on how to create habitat for them in your own backyard. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>With plenty of room for memorandums for each numbered day of the month, the journal portion of this calendar is perfect for keeping month-to-month and even year-to-year comparative garden notes. And you can purchase this calendar at any time of the year to begin recording the characteristics of the bee plants you include in your garden and the numbers and types of bee visitors they attract. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;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"'>So, don’t fall bee-hind – start your bee garden journal and help support the Xerces Society and the Great Sunflower Project by ordering your “Garden Variety Native Bees of North America” perpetual calendar while spring is still in full swing! Here’s a little more information on the calendars and how to preview and order them online:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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"'> </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"'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;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"'>For wholesale discounts on orders of 20 or more calendars, email: <a href="mailto:celeste@nativebeedazzled.com">celeste@nativebeedazzled.com</a>. </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>