<div dir="ltr">I can't find the link to the actual article (geez that cheeses me off when journalist's don't provide a link and reference!)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 March 2017 at 21:38, Peter Bernhardt <a href="mailto:bernhap2@slu.edu">bernhap2@slu.edu</a> [beemonitoring] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beemonitoring-noreply@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">beemonitoring-noreply@yahoogroups.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


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      <p></p><div dir="ltr">A friend in Australia sent the following link on bumblebee survival in flower-rich meadows.  I believe the paper on which this is based was circulated recently.  However, this e-magazine provides some related stories, going back several years, that may also be of use.<div><br></div><div>Peter<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Bill Hall</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wha55510@bigpond.net.au" target="_blank">wha55510@bigpond.net.au</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 2:01 AM<br>Subject: Bees!<br>To: James Trager <<a href="mailto:james.trager@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.trager@gmail.com</a>>, Retha Meier <<a href="mailto:rmeier3@gmail.com" target="_blank">rmeier3@gmail.com</a>>, Peter Bernhardt <<a href="mailto:bernhap2@slu.edu" target="_blank">bernhap2@slu.edu</a>><br><br><br><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-2393691479738184597m_-1872097673092689425WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170315143826.htm" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedaily.com/r<wbr>eleases/2017/03/170315143826.h<wbr>tm</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><br></div></div></div>
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