<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello!</div><div><br></div><div>A number of researchers associated with the Integrated Crop Pollination Project will present a webinar series on crop pollination! See press release below or visit the <a href="http://articles.extension.org/pages/74051/2017-bee-health-webinar-series:-ensuring-crop-pollination-in-us-specialty-crops">webinar series registration page</a> at Bee Health eXtension.org.</div><div><br></div><div>Please share with your networks!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Katharina</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 15pt 10.5pt 0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black"><b>Experts to present webinar series on crop pollination</b><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 15pt 10.5pt 0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">The majority of U.S. specialty
crop growers depend on bees for pollination of their crops. Growers know that
without adequate pollination, they would not be profitable. But what are the
best pollination strategies for fruit, vegetable, and nut crops? What farm
management practices can growers use to support bees and the crop pollination
they provide? Experts in crop pollination working under the Integrated Crop
Pollination Project will present on these topics and will report on their
recent research in this project as part of a </span><a href="http://articles.extension.org/pages/74051/2017-bee-health-webinar-series:-ensuring-crop-pollination-in-us-specialty-crops" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">webinar series titled: Ensuring crop pollination in US
specialty crops</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">.
The webinar series will </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">examine the role of wild bees, honey
bees and other managed bees in supporting crop pollination and yield <span style="color:black">in almond, blueberry, tree fruit,
pumpkin, and watermelon. <span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 15pt 10.5pt 0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">These webinars will all be 45-60
minutes long, with time for questions and discussion with the presenter
afterwards. Registered attendees will receive a link to the slides and a
recording afterwards. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 15pt 10.5pt 0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">The register, click on the
link for each webinar that you are interested in attending.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-5125082488234284165gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 15pt 10.5pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">January 24, 2017, 2pm EST<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">: </span></span><a href="https://learn.extension.org/events/2925" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">E</span></a><a href="https://learn.extension.org/events/2939" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">nsuring almond pollination</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> (</span><a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/logan-ut/pollinating-insect-biology-management-systematics-research/people/dr-theresa-pitts-singer/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Theresa Pitts-Singer</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">, USDA-ARS and Utah State
University)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-5125082488234284165gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 15pt 10.5pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">January 31, 2017, 2pm EST: </span><a href="https://learn.extension.org/events/2925" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Pollinating highbush blueberries: bees bring bigger berries</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> (</span><a href="https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Pages/Vail.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">R</span></a><a href="http://www.ent.msu.edu/directory/rufus_isaacs" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">ufus Isaacs</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, Michigan State University)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-5125082488234284165gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 15pt 10.5pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">February 14, 2017, 2pm EST: </span><a href="https://learn.extension.org/events/2936" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Pollinating apples and cherries east of the Rockies</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> (</span><a href="http://www.ent.msu.edu/directory/julianna_wilson" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Julianna Wilson</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, Michigan State University)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-5125082488234284165gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 15pt 10.5pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">February 28, 2017<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> 2pm EST: </span></span><a href="https://learn.extension.org/events/2952" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">On-farm pollinator benefits for watermelon pollination</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> (</span><a href="http://enpp.auburn.edu/people/derrick-k-mathias/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">N</span></a><a href="http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/Faculty/Neal_M_Williams/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">eal Williams</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, University of California, Davis)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-5125082488234284165gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 15pt 10.5pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">March 21, 2017<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">, 2pm EST: </span></span><a href="https://learn.extension.org/events/2845" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">E</span></a><a href="https://learn.extension.org/events/2937" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">nsuring pumpkin pollination</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> (</span><a href="http://ento.psu.edu/directory/sjf4" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Shelby Fleischer</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, Pennsylvania State University)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-5125082488234284165gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 15pt 10.5pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">March 28, 2017, 2pm EST: </span><a href="https://learn.extension.org/events/2844" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">H</span></a><a href="https://learn.extension.org/events/2938" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">ow to manage solitary orchard bees for crop
pollination</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> (</span><a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/logan-ut/pollinating-insect-biology-management-systematics-research/people/dr-theresa-pitts-singer/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,120,144);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Theresa Pitts-Singer</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, USDA-ARS and Utah State University)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 15pt 10.5pt 0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">The webinar series will be
hosted by </span><a href="http://articles.extension.org/bee_health" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">eXtension.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">, an on-line co-operative extension network,
and can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection. To learn more about
the webinar series, visit the</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span><a href="http://articles.extension.org/pages/74051/2017-bee-health-webinar-series:-ensuring-crop-pollination-in-us-specialty-crops" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Bee Health eXtension.org website</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <span style="color:black">or email
<a href="mailto:icpbees@msu.edu" target="_blank">icpbees@msu.edu</a>. Certified Crop Advisor CEU credits applied for. Funding for
the webinar series is provided by the</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Integrated Crop Pollination Project</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">, a USDA-NIFA Specialty
Crop Research Initiative Grant (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">#2012-51181-20105)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">. <span></span></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail-m_-5125082488234284165gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b>Katharina Ullmann, PhD</b><br>National Crop Pollination Specialist<br>Tel: <a href="tel:(530)%20302-5504" value="+15303025504" target="_blank">(530) 302-5504</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://docs.google.com/a/xerces.org/uc?id=0B0X3ImCRpuQ5RHFRbF9EZFZaSnROY1k1ZGE3WUtnN1VRVFo4&export=download"><br><p><b><font size="2" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.xerces.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#0b5394">www.xerces.org</font></a><font color="#000000"> </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Xerces-Society/193182577358618" target="_blank"><font color="#38761d">Facebook</font></a><font color="#000000"> </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/xerces_society" target="_blank"><font color="#6aa84f">Twitter</font></a><font color="#93c47d"> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(111,168,220)"> </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.xerces.org/enewsletters/" target="_blank"><font color="#3d85c6">E-newsletter</font></a></span></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font color="#3d85c6"> </font></span><span style="color:rgb(111,168,220);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"> </font><a href="http://icpbees.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Project ICP</font></a></span></b></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><i>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat.</i></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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