<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The 2016 annual meeting of the Orchard Bee Association (OBA) will be in Hood River, Oregon on Friday and Saturday, December 9 and 10. Friday is for members only and will be from 9:30 - 5:00 and will include networking, science presentations, and we are pleased to announce that Dr. Diana Cox-Foster is our invited speaker for the meeting. To become a member, please visit <a href="http://www.orchardbee.org">www.orchardbee.org</a>. The public symposium and expo will be on Saturday, December 10, from 9:30 – 5:00. Topics covered Saturday will include creating native bee habitat, tips and techniques using blue orchard bees as commercial pollinators, and local and national bee research. To register and for more information, please visit <a href="http://www.orchardbee.org">www.orchardbee.org</a>. Admission to the Pollinator Symposium and Expo is $50 and includes lunch and wine tasting from a local winery. </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Orchard</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Bee</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Association</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>is a<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span>501(c)3 not-for-profit, professional society</span> dedicated to enhancing the use of native and naturalized bees in orchards and for the implementation of practical orchard bee standards for the industry. To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.orchardbee.org">www.orchardbee.org</a><span>.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please pass this along to others you think will be interested.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Derek Artz</p><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">--<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><pre><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Derek R. Artz</span><br><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Vice President & Research Committee Chair
Orchard Bee Association
<a href="mailto:vicepres@orchardbee.org">vicepres@orchardbee.org</a></span></pre></div></div>