<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Purely anecdotal, but I had native willows (<font face="Arial"><i>Salix nigra</i></font>) growing in Athens, GA and have observed native willows in coastal sage scrub in San Diego (<font face="Arial"><i>Salix lasiolepis</i></font>) and I was struck by how popular they were with the bees! I wish I could grow them in my dry yard in La Mesa, CA. I plant for the bees.<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 17, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Kelly Rourke <<a href="mailto:kr@pollinator.org">kr@pollinator.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><a href="http://www.crops4energy.co.uk/src-willows-abundant-source-pollen-bees/"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">http://www.crops4energy.co.uk/src-willows-abundant-source-pollen-bees/</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">Mary K. Byrne</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">Plant Ecologist</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">Pollinator Partnership</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">423 Washington Street, 5th Floor</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">San Francisco, CA 94111</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">e: </font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><a href="mailto:mb@pollinator.org"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">mb@pollinator.org</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">w:</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">www.pollinator.org</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">p: 415.362.1137</font></span></p>
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