<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>If you live in the bi-state (Missouri-Illinois) corridor you might want to attend this upcoming forum.<div><br></div><div>Peter<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Johns, Ashley N.</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnsa@umsl.edu">johnsa@umsl.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:04 PM<br>Subject: Invitation to 2015 Harris Center Conservation Forum<br>To: "<a href="mailto:bernhap2@slu.edu">bernhap2@slu.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:bernhap2@slu.edu">bernhap2@slu.edu</a>><br><br><br>
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<span style="font-size:26.0pt;color:#4f6228">2015 Whitney and Anna Harris Conservation Forum<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">Conservation of the Bees<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">Thursday, November 5, 2015<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">The Living World, Saint Louis Zoo<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><b><u><span style="color:#365f91">Session
1: 6:00-6:30 p.m.</span></u></b><b><u><u></u><u></u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">“The Problem of Declining Bee Populations with Evidence from North American Bumblebees”</span></b><b><span style="color:#4f6228"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">Sydney Cameron, Ph.D., University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Sydney Cameron</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> specializes in bumblebee behavior, evolution, and conservation, conducting research in many
parts of the world. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A main line of research of lab is developing new protocols to assess the status of recent population decline in North American bumble bees, including the use of natural history museum collections to
reconstruct the genetic structure of historical populations for comparison with current populations and development of genomic markers for application to questions of temporal influences on population changes from recent anthropogenic factors to ancient climatic
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">“Honey Bees Under Stress”<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">Gerald Hayes, Jr., Ph.D., Beeologics, Monsanto<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Jerry Hayes</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> is the Honey Bee Commercial lead for Monsanto's BioDirect business unit.
Before joining Monsanto he was the Chief of the Apiary Section for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. In that role he was responsible for the regulatory health of the 350,000 colonies in the State of Florida, a state highly dependent
on honey bee pollination for agricultural success. For the past 30 years Jerry has written a monthly column in the American Bee Journal called The Classroom and a book by the same name. Jerry is a founding member of the Colony Collapse Working Group, a science
advisory board member for Project <i>Apis mellifera </i>(PAm) and the Bee Informed Partnership.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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2: 7:30-8:00 p.m.</span></u></b><b><u><span><del datetime="2015-09-29T01:04"><u></u><u></u></del></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">“</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#4f6228"><span><ins datetime="2015-09-29T01:04">Pesticides, parasites and pollinators: impacts of environmental stressors
on bees</ins></span></span></b><b><span style="color:#4f6228"><span><del datetime="2015-09-29T01:04">Pesticide Impacts on Bee Foraging</del></span></span></b><b><span style="color:#4f6228">”<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">Nigel Raine, Ph.D., <span>
<del datetime="2015-09-29T00:33">Guelph </del></span>University<span><ins datetime="2015-09-29T00:33"> of Guelph</ins></span><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span><ins datetime="2015-09-29T00:33">Nigel Raine</ins></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span><ins datetime="2015-09-29T00:33">
holds </ins></span><span><ins datetime="2015-09-29T00:34">the
</ins></span><span><span><ins datetime="2015-09-29T00:33">Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation at th</ins></span></span><span><ins datetime="2015-09-29T00:33">e
University of Guelph in</ins></span><span><ins datetime="2015-09-29T00:37"> Ontario,</ins></span><span><ins datetime="2015-09-29T00:33"> Canada.<span>
His research examines the </span></ins></span>behavior<span><span><ins datetime="2015-09-29T00:33"> and ecology of bees, and the impacts of environmental stressors (e.g. pesticide exposure)
for the conservation of sustainable pollinator populations. Nigel has been lucky enough to spend almost two decades investigating bees and their intimate relationships with flowers on three continents. He is an elected fellow of both the Royal Entomological
Society (FRES) and the Linnean Society of London (FLS). In addition to excellent research, Nigel is actively engaged with a wide range of stakeholders (including policy makers, farming & grower’s</ins></span></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <span><span><ins datetime="2015-09-29T00:33">association, grocery chains and beekeepers), on issues
related to pollinator health and conservation.<u></u><u></u></ins></span></span></span></p>
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Raine has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, he is an elected fellow of the
<span>Royal Entomological Society</span> and the <span>
Linnean Society</span>, and he and his research make regular media appearances. A major focus of his current research is examining how field-relevant levels of pesticide exposure might be affecting the behaviour and success of bees, previously in the United
Kingdom, and now in Ontario, Canada.<u></u><u></u></del></span></p>
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p.m.</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">“New Approaches to Bee Conservation”<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">Alexandra Harmon-Threatt, Ph.D., University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Alex Harmon-Threatt</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> is a pollination ecologist with broad interests in understanding the patterns and processes that govern plant-pollinator interactions for conservation.
Pollinators play a vital role in plant reproduction, food production and ecosystem stability but are believed to be declining globally. Her work focuses on identifying and understanding patterns in natural environments to help conserve and restore pollinator
diversity. With a particular focus on bees, she investigates how plant diversity, isolation and bee characteristics, affect bee diversity in local communities.</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><u><span style="color:#365f91">Panel Discussion: 8:30-9:00 p.m.</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#76923c"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Event is free and open to the public, but registration is required</i></b><i>:</i> Call: <a href="tel:%28314%29-516-4246" value="+13145164246" target="_blank">(314)-516-4246</a>, or email:
<a href="mailto:johnsa@umsl.edu" target="_blank">johnsa@umsl.edu</a><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">Co-sponsored by: Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center,<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">University of Missouri-St. Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis Zoo,<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:#4f6228">and the Academy of Science-St. Louis.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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