<div dir="ltr">Webinar started at 8 and ended at 11 am like you said because of low attendance.<div>I tried and wrote the important points the people presenting were making.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-nH gmail-if"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-aHU"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-hx"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-h7 gmail-ie gmail-nH gmail-oy8Mbf" tabindex="-1"><div class="gmail-Bk" style="width:570px"><div class="gmail-G3 gmail-G2"><div><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads"><div class="gmail-gs"><div class="gmail-ii gmail-gt gmail-adP gmail-adO" style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15cef561349efbda"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div>June 28, 8 to 11 am a discussion on monitoring native bees took place, several speakers made their point about it, Universities from all over the country, beekeeper associations and others. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:andrew.p.clark@nifa.usda.gov">andrew.p.clark@nifa.usda.gov</a>, send commentary about the standardized survey being a bad idea and that there is actual botanical data! <b>(my opinion)</b></div><div><br></div><ul><li>Crop pollination by native bees are underappreciated, NY apple crop is more successful on seed set when native bees are abundant. <br></li><li>Collection and use of data, to have a better model. USDA guidelines <br></li><li>Data collection needs to be robust, continuous, and id all specimens to species<br></li><li>Bee-plant interaction needs to be understood better<br></li><li>100 radius Honey Bees can starve native bees if there are not enough resources<br></li><li>Future of food production</li><li>Native plant community is critical, botanical data (which there is by the way)</li><li>Identify which are the prolific bee species per region</li><li>Pesticide regulation is failing, keeping poisonous products in the market</li><li>Understand bee cycles better to use in crops</li><li>More taxonomic expertise is necessary </li><li>There is more knowledge on Bombus species than any other natives</li><li>Understanding diseases, fungus, pests on native bees</li><li>Understanding invasive non-native bee species</li><li>Improve conservation efforts once data is available</li><li>Abundance, identity, and species richness</li><li>Will standardized sampling help with better data?</li><li>Climate change is a significant factor in decline of native bees in cities</li><li>Introducing more honey bee hives into cities, not a good ideas either <b>(my opinion)</b></li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Melina</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail-m_-2988270148619132169gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font size="2" color="#38761d" face="times new roman, serif">Melina Lozano Durán, Agroecology-Melittology Esp.<br></font></b><div><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">Department of Research and Conservation</span></div><div><font size="2" color="#38761d" face="times new roman, serif">Pollinator Garden Coordinator</font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span 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<pre>Dear ECOLOG Colleagues,
I'm reaching out to those of you who might "bee" interested in commenting on a USDA national
native bee monitoring plan, which is under development. Comments are due in ONE WEEK, July 6th.
Details are as follows.
Last night I received an email from a colleague that there is exactly a 1-week window to provide
comment on the Federal Register to the USDA on a National Native Bee Monitoring plan. There was
an online "listening session" scheduled for today but as I signed on I saw it was "cancelled for low
attendance". [[If you don't tell anyone about your "listening session", and you get low attendance, it is
not for lack of interest, it is because the event was not properly advertised.]]
It is more important than ever that we help each other seek and act in ways we can support
conservation science. Although this is not my main area of research (I am a physiological plant
ecologist), I am active in supporting prairie restoration and monitoring biodiversity where I work, on
Antioch College's large campus, and I collaborate with a Dayton-based pollinator conservation group.
We have a >500 ft<sup class="m_3866836208522970751moz-txt-sup"><span style="display:inline-block;width:0;height:0;overflow:hidden">^</span>2</sup> prairie habitat in our front lawn in Columbus, Ohio. Pollinator biology has many
passionate enthusiasts, and is a venue where we ecologists can connect to the public on a shared
aesthetic and conservation value. There are also many links to broader impacts, citizen science, and
K-12 education.
The link is below. Can you please share with your respective pollinator-supporting networks?
Remember comments are due July 6th!
Thank you very much for helping spread the word. -K
>From USDA Scientist Diana Cox-Foster:
"I want to alert you to a solicitation by the USDA’s Pollinator Health Working Group to get input from
stakeholders on the need for and importance of monitoring native pollinators. Such initiatives will be
important in learning about the native bees’ health and also help to promote efforts to protect their
health and the plants which they pollinate. This native bee survey will hopefully not only involve
agricultural ecosystems but also natural ecosystems throughout the nation."
Provide your comments through the Federal Register, see:
<a class="m_3866836208522970751moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/06/05/2017-11554/national-monitoring-plan-for" target="_blank">https://www.federalregister.<wbr>gov/documents/2017/06/05/2017-<wbr>11554/national-monitoring-<wbr>plan-for</a>-
native-bees-stakeholder-and-<wbr>public-listening-session
Kim Landsbergen Ph.D., ESA Certified Senior Ecologist
Associate Professor, Antioch College
Visiting Research Scholar, EEOB, The Ohio State University
e: kim dot landsbergen at gmail dot com
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Dr. David W. Inouye
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4415
<a class="m_3866836208522970751moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:inouye@umd.edu" target="_blank">inouye@umd.edu</a>
Principal Investigator
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
PO Box 519
Crested Butte, CO 81224
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