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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=3 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12">Laurie Davies
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From: ckremen@gmail.com<BR>Reply-to: ckremen@berkeley.edu<BR>Sent: 1/9/2013
9:31:29 A.M. Pacific Standard Time<BR>Subj: recent publications on wild
pollinators contributions to almond crop pollination<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear colleagues
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<DIV>Almond production is a $3 billion industry in California that produces
80% of the global almond supply, and it is highly dependent on managed honey
bees for its success. Please find attached 3 recent publications on the
role of wild pollinators in almond crop production. The one that came
out today in Proc. Royal Society of London - B demonstrates how interactions
between native wild pollinators and managed honey bees enhance the
effectiveness of honey bee pollination, leading to enhanced fruit set.
The earlier publications demonstrate how wild pollinators are
complementary to honey bees in how they forage within the tree, and provide
enhanced pollination services relative to honey bees under poor weather
conditions, and the role of natural habitat in influencing wild pollinator
abundance, diversity and services on farms. Together, these papers help
make the case for the important role of wild pollinator diversity in food
production.</DIV>
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<DIV>best wishes</DIV>
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<DIV>Claire<BR clear=all>
<DIV><BR></DIV>-- <BR>Claire Kremen, Professor <BR>Environmental
Sciences Policy and Management<BR>130 Mulford Hall<BR>University of California
<BR>Berkeley, CA 94720-3114<BR><BR>510-643-6339<BR>Fax 510-643-5438<BR><A title=http://nature.berkeley.edu/kremenlab/ href="http://nature.berkeley.edu/kremenlab/" target=_blank>http://nature.berkeley.edu/kremenlab/</A><BR><BR><A title=http://www.stockholmresilience.org/seminarandevents/seminarandeventvideos/pollinationservicesandagroecosystems.5.7f0b194e12b15a0bce78000508.html href="http://www.stockholmresilience.org/seminarandevents/seminarandeventvideos/pollinationservicesandagroecosystems.5.7f0b194e12b15a0bce78000508.html" target=_blank>http://www.stockholmresilience.org/seminarandevents/seminarandeventvideos/pollinationservicesandagroecosystems.5.7f0b194e12b15a0bce78000508.html</A><BR><BR><A title=http://sciencenotes.ucsc.edu/2011/pages/bees/bees.html href="http://sciencenotes.ucsc.edu/2011/pages/bees/bees.html" target=_blank>http://sciencenotes.ucsc.edu/2011/pages/bees/bees.html</A><BR><BR><A title=http://www.baycitizen.org/wildlife/story/native-bees-worth-billions-dollars-year/ href="http://www.baycitizen.org/wildlife/story/native-bees-worth-billions-dollars-year/" target=_blank>http://www.baycitizen.org/wildlife/story/native-bees-worth-billions-dollars-year/</A><BR><BR><A title=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=91423 href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=91423" target=_blank></A><A title=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/12/MNU710263B.DTL href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/12/MNU710263B.DTL" target=_blank>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/12/MNU710263B.DTL</A><BR><BR><A title=http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/434 href="http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/434" target=_blank>http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/434</A><BR><BR><A title=http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/04/10_madagascar.shtml href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/04/10_madagascar.shtml" target=_blank>http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/04/10_madagascar.shtml</A><BR><BR></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>