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<p class="">Hi there: I thought this would be great to send out via the pollinator listserver. Also, please feel free to share on FB, twitter, etc! <br></p>
<p class="">It is our first-ever USGS Google Hangout, and the subject: bees (and appearances by other insects). </p><p class="">To accept the invite for the hangout, visit this site: </p><p class=""><a href="https://plus.google.com/b/112624925658443863798/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">https://plus.google.com/b/112624925658443863798/events/</a><br>
</p><p class="">(Department of the Interior employees: <span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The URL above will not work if you are logged into BisonConnect in your browser...you'll have to open up a different browser to access. </span></p>
<p class=""><span class=""><b>Created by </b><a href="https://plus.google.com/112624925658443863798"><span class=""><b>U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)</b></span></a></span><span class=""> · </span><span class="">Public event</span><br>
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<p class="">Thu, September 26, 1:00 PM EST </p>
<p class=""> Join us for our first ever Google+ Hangout! We'll be talking with Sam Droege of the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab (BIML) about the amazingly detailed macrophotography work he and his team perform. You'll learn a little bit about the BIML and what they do, and why they capture those insects in such detail. Sam will then walk you through the process and setup they have for photographing insects in such detail and then explain a low budget do-it-yourself solution to try on your own. If you're interested in learning more about the work the BIML does, how they take the photographs, or if you're an amateur photographer interested in taking your macrophotography to the next level then this Hangout is for you.</p>
<p class="">We'll add the Hangout URL to this event once we go live. You can also watch it live on the USGS YouTube Channel (<a href="http://youtube.com/USGS"><span class="">http://youtube.com/USGS</span></a>) starting around 1pm (Eastern) on Thursday Sept 26th.<br>
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<p class="">Catherine Puckett</p></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#00ffff" style="background-color:rgb(0,255,255)">-------------------------------------------------------</font></div><font color="#0000ff">Catherine Puckett</font><div>
<font color="#0000ff">USGS Office of Communications</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff">352-377-2469 (O) 352-278-0165 (cell)</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><a href="mailto:cpuckett@usgs.gov" target="_blank">cpuckett@usgs.gov</a> </font></div>
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