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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Go to <a href="http://pollinator.org/BEEAct.htm">http://pollinator.org/BEEAct.htm</a> to sign on--National Pollinator Week starts June 16!<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=414 style='width:310.8pt;margin-left:-.7pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:13.5pt'><td width=414 valign=bottom style='width:310.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>American Beekeeping Federation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:13.5pt'><td width=414 valign=bottom style='width:310.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:white;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>American Farmland 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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>American Society of Landscape Architects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:13.5pt'><td width=414 valign=bottom style='width:310.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:white;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Blue Diamond Growers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:13.5pt'><td width=414 valign=bottom style='width:310.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:white;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Burt's Bees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:13.5pt'><td width=414 valign=bottom style='width:310.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:white;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:13.5pt'><p 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