<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Kelly Rourke</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Program Associate</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Pollinator Partnership</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">423 Washington Street, 5th Floor</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">San Francisco, CA 94111</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">e: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:kr@pollinator.org">kr@pollinator.org</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">w: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.pollinator.org">www.pollinator.org</a> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">p: 415.362.1137</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D15760.B9C3F840" alt="facebook.jpg"></span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/Pollinator"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D15760.B9C3F840" alt="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/lqPG7YMuNMwGor58IVM2WHxpbLiCf5XPkOzSudWtwOxGzTiXcT3r5SkfatetVdhiBiUHmVouLoyG69A1PljqWm2j-5pO-s70bU7qp3SA36ly5eahx7zGHtFdlvEdqFphZ7dxu4w"></span></a><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PollinatorOrg/about"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D15760.B9C3F840" alt="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LdtZy_IgtYejaRo5t_ydhZGgiHcBhY7_lynqkijNp_8NOpm2Noowwge4DXpNTBYWoUI6y6RmAn8M9N0ZIp0iHZevJGDrowvjlqS_TCMdjgZCjZ1TsPSSZIi1nPLyxm5C43Fryc"></span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D15760.B9C3F840" alt="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/hrW69PnGi-K64-5V8eLJe4VOAZANsPUerHheyY4mqPsgLG6duvL_hCNOhOYjPcB3qhHf9ojRRW1Wi3uXCa18G5-yeBSCNeVdgaOSbORh-FyvA0_JMtMhcjZdHTHsMx6SmHMBsJA"></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://pollinator.org/index.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="117" height="52" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D15760.B9C3F840" alt="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SzGrMLnoLdJO9e96bJOs3NgrbSjY0zCOwXph4UDWmE4LP1xKxDPlFZ17f3SPKTCWNzMXOdxCOq1ygrx4yTOncvus0RLMS-zbbpXIsZZL--SSvFNwsHUsRx0gF8P0zJu1yaprAtg"></span></a><a href="http://pollinator.org/million-pollinator-garden-challenge.htm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="60" height="60" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D15760.B9C3F840" alt="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GjHWNYifzWuQ6NBBdgMm4XyLnr6NjKjYu3DDBu4xpwKjLFpjXeYyGjO4p02EvDKylmDz_LedDly6BIIkAM3D-7y_iepGrRYIKiHF_a8T5LX7eevgytgj4gEqXeerYSnhGQPOzAo"></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Norman Carreck [mailto:<a href="mailto:carrecknl@ibra.org.uk">carrecknl@ibra.org.uk</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 25, 2016 8:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> NORMAN CARRECK<br><b>Subject:</b> Press Release from the International Bee Research Association</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Please find Press Release.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Best wishes,<br><br>Norman Carreck.<br><br>Science Director,<br>International Bee Research Association,<br>Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects,<br>School of Life Sciences,<br>University of Sussex,<br>Falmer,<br>Brighton,<br>East Sussex,<br>BN1 9QG,<br>United Kingdom.<br>Tel: +44 (0) 1273 872587<br>Mobile: +44 (0) 7918670169<br>Email: <a href="mailto:norman.carreck@btinternet.com">norman.carreck@btinternet.com</a><br><br>The International Bee Research Association is a Company limited by<br>Guarantee, Registered in England and Wales, Reg. No. 463819,<br>Registered Office: Hendal House, Hendal Hill, Groombridge,<br>East Sussex, TN3 9NT, UK, and is a Registered Charity No. 209222.<br><a href="http://www.ibra.org.uk/">http://www.ibra.org.uk/</a><a href="http://www.ibra.org.uk/"><br></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/IBRAssociation">https://www.facebook.com/IBRAssociation</a></span></p></div></body></html>