<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">For any interested beekeepers ... please see below. Best regards, Kim Fellows, Pollination Canada<br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:normal">
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Michele Colopy" <<a href="mailto:progdirector@pollinatordefense.org" target="_blank">progdirector@pollinatordefense.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> April 30, 2013, 12:50:18 PM PDT<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>NPDF wants to hear about beekeeping in "your neck of the woods"</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dear Beekeeper Club / Association,</span></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> The National Pollinator Defense Fund (NPDF) was developed by the American Honey Producers Association to take the lead in the national pesticide policy discussion. <i>The mission of the NPDF is to defend managed pollinators vital to a sustainable and affordable food supply from the adverse impacts of pesticides.</i> Our goals are to: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ensure that State Lead Agencies and U.S. EPA enforce regulations to protect pollinators from pesticides, as mandated by FIFRA.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Use multiple strategies, including litigation and legal petitions, as well as legal support for managers of pollinators who have suffered damages to their beekeeping operation caused by pesticides.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Provide advocacy, guidance, and tools for beekeepers to defend their bees from the detrimental effects of pesticides.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Raise awareness about the potential adverse impacts of pesticides on pollinators important to the supply of food and the ecosystems that support them.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow">The NPDF would be pleased to speak with your beekeepers to learn about their hive health, and beekeeping struggles. The NPDF would be pleased to speak to your group in person (where physically feasible) or via Skype.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To keep your members informed of our work, could you please include our updates in emails to your members.<br>
Also, we would like to link to your group’s website; feel free to link to ours.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We are a new national organization with at least one Board member, and the Program Director in every time zone in the contiguous U.S. Please contact me to schedule a presentation to your group today.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Michele Colopy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Program Director<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">National Pollinator Defense Fund<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">P.O. Box 193<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Danbury, Texas 77534<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="tel:832-727-9492" value="+18327279492" target="_blank">832-727-9492</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:progdirector@pollinatordefense.org" target="_blank">progdirector@pollinatordefense.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.pollinatordefense.org/" target="_blank">www.pollinatordefense.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i>The National Pollinator Defense Fund’s mission is to defend managed and native pollinators vital to a sustainable and affordable food supply from the adverse impacts of pesticides.<u></u><u></u></i></p>
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