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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="http://pollinator.org/CDRC.htm">http://pollinator.org/CDRC.htm</a>
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<p class=style74 align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Corn Dust Research
Consortium Formed to Address </span></font></b></strong><br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Honey Bee Questions </font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Unique Stakeholder
Consortium Sponsors </span></font></b></strong><br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Research to Reduce Honey Bee Exposure
to Corn Planting Dust</font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>San Francisco</span></font></b></strong></st1:City><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></font></b></strong></st1:place>
– The non-profit Pollinator Partnership (P2) today announced the
formation of the Corn Dust Research Consortium (CDRC), a multi-stakeholder
initiative they are coordinating to invest research dollars in reducing honey
bee exposure to dust emitted during planting of treated corn seeds.
Pollinator Partnership is coordinating the Corn Dust Research Consortium
and has invited stakeholders from crop protection, seed production, farm
equipment, corn growing, beekeeping, academic, governmental, and conservation
organizations to fund and oversee two proposed research projects to better
understand ideas for mitigating risks to honey bees from exposure to
planter-emitted dust during corn planting.
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“It
is truly rare to see this kind of large-scale collaboration between disparate
stakeholders – each of whom shares equally in the supervision of the
project,” said Executive Director Laurie Davies Adams, emphasizing her
organization’s enthusiasm for the consortium approach to problem solving.
“Public-private partnerships that seek practical solutions for
cooperative conservation and commerce represent an improved model.
Industry participants are to be commended for providing major funding while
sharing responsibility and authority with all CDRC partners.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=style68><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Seed lubricant powders such as talc and graphite that are commonly
added to facilitate an even flow of seeds through the planter can increase the
total amount of dust inside the planter. Modern pneumatic planters, which
use air pressure to deliver seeds precisely to the seed furrow, may exhaust
this dust into the air, and the emitted particles may in turn be carried some
distance downwind. Honey bees may potentially contact seed dust particles
when the planter-emitted dust is airborne (i.e., if bees fly through the
exhaust plume of a planter), or after deposition on vegetation or other
surfaces.<br>
<a href="http://pollinator.org/PDFs/CornDust_2013_PressRelease.pdf">Download
the Press Release</a> / <a
href="http://pollinator.org/PDFs/RequestforProposals020413.pdf">Download the
RfP</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-bottom:
2.0pt;margin-left:0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>Submission
</span></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Email your proposal
packet as a single PDF file to Jennifer Tsang (<u>jt@pollinator.org</u>) <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>by 3PM PDT on Friday, March 1, 2013. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Please identify the
email subject line and the PDF attachment using <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>“Project (1 and/or 2), PI Last Name, First Name.” </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-bottom:
2.0pt;margin-left:0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>Funding
Decisions </span></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-bottom:
2.0pt;margin-left:0pt'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The proposals will be evaluated
by members of the Corn Dust Research Consortium Advisory panel, and <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>funding decisions will be made by Friday, March 15,
2013. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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