<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Interview with our colleague, Professor Laurence Packer (University of Toronto), about the current and future status of honeybees in the United States (and elsewhere); on NPR's "Fresh Air" last night. Listen to the story--and/or read a synopsis--at the following URL: </span><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/07/09/329994522/biologist-says-promoting-diversity-is-key-to-keeping-the-bees" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/07/09/329994522/biologist-says-promoting-diversity-is-key-to-keeping-the-bees</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span></div>
<div><br></div>Cheers, Liz<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Elizabeth Sellers</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">
Eco-Science Synthesis (ESS)</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Core Science Analytics, Synthesis, and Libraries (CSAS&L)<br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">BISON Data Team; USGS Liaison to the Plant Conservation Alliance</div>
<div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">United States Geological Survey (USGS)</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 302</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">
Reston, VA 20192 USA</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Room 2A231C</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">703.648.4385 <a href="mailto:esellers@usgs.gov" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">esellers@usgs.gov</a></div>
<div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Looking for species occurrence data for the U.S.? Check out:</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) <a href="http://bison.usgs.ornl.gov/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bison.usgs.ornl.gov/</a></div>
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<div><i>text like Egyptian hieroglyphs from thousands of years ago.</i></div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div><br></div><div>"<i>No amount of automation will replace human beings, but clumsy and belligerent automation will alienate them and suppress their creativity</i>." Kazic, et al., 2003. Whither Biological Database Research?<br>
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