<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div id="yiv1658975278"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt;"><div id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_60"><span id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_68" style="font-size:24px;"><a rel="nofollow" id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_67" target="_blank" href="http://www.pollinationcanada.ca/?n=pc/PFSP%20Symposium%20Details%202013.pdf">7<sup id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_57">th</sup> Annual Bee Symposium</a> </span><br><br>~ March 9<sup>th</sup> 2013 ~ 8<sup>30</sup>am to 4<sup>30</sup>pm ~ <br>
<br>If you happen to be near Sebastopol, California, U.S.A. you are in for a <i>treat</i> ~ Featuring talks from Peter Loring Borst <sup>. </sup>Cheryl Veretto <sup>. </sup>Dr. Neal Williams<sup> . </sup>Frederique Lavoipierre<sup> . </sup>Dr. Gordon Frankie <sup>. </sup>Farmer Paul Kaiser, 2010 NAPPC <span> Farmer-Rancher Pollinator Conservation</span> Award recipient ~<br>
<br></div><div>Thank you for helping support Partners for Sustainable Pollination (PFSP) and Bee Friendly Farming (BFF)<br><br></div><span id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_64" style="font-size:16px;"><span id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_63">~ Symposium details attached ~</span></span><br><br><span id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_82" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br><div dir="ltr"><div id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_71" style="line-height:normal;"><span id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_75" style="font-family:trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><b id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_74"><span id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_73" style="font-size:10pt;">
<br></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;">K i m b e r l e y M. F e l l o w s</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;">Pollination Outreach Coordinator<b><br></b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.seeds.ca/en.php">Seeds of Diversity</a> ~ <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.seeds.ca/proj/poll/">Pollination Canada</a><br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.seeds.ca/fr.php">Semences du Patrimoine</a> ~ <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pollinisationcanada.ca/">Pollinisation Canada<br></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">303-40 King Street South<br>
Waterloo ON N2J 1N8 Canada<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,51);"><br><br><span style="background-color:rgb(182,215,168);">Heard about <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.fooddowntheroad.ca/content/introducing-bee-friendly-farming">Bee Friendly Farming or Gardening</a>?</span></span><br>
</span></span></div><div style="line-height:normal;font-family:courier new, monospace;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="background-color:rgb(182,215,168);">"<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3pIuy69UE8">Spot Your Flower</a>"</span> *<br>
</span></span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span><font size="1"><span id="yiv1658975278yui_3_7_2_19_1360852697649_52">* Yes,
you're right ... the film uses the word 'proboscis' incorrectly, for a
moth's proboscis refers to their feeding tube, and would be more
accurately described as a tongue. In contrast, proboscis usually <font size="1">refers to a nose in </font>the vertebrate <font size="1">world</font> (animals
with a backbone). <font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="1">A majority of <font size="1">p</font></font>ollinators <font size="1">inadvertently spread flower pollen simply <font size="1">as </font>they feed on pollen and ne<font size="1">ctar </font>for their own nut<font size="1">ritional needs<font size="1">. Do not be confused -- </font></font></font></font></font>in this f<font size="1">ilm c<font size="1">lip featuring this </font></font>particular orchid pollination, it is still plant pollen that is in<font size="1">volved in pollination -- you can learn more about this wondrous<font size="1">, unusual strategy in </font></font>Michael Pollan's musings <span style="background-color:rgb(182,215,168);"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2009/09/orchids/pollan-text">Love and Lies</a></span>.</span></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>