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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></span></div><div id="divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> Robbin Thorp<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 28, 2017 12:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pollinator@lists.sonic.net">pollinator@lists.sonic.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> New app about Native Bees</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div></div><div><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper"><div><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Pollinator Week has just ended, but we need to keep pollinators in mind throughout the year. A new mobile app is being developed to help the public recognize many of the important native bees that can be seen on flowers. Support it if you can.</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"times","serif";color:black">The Center for Food Safety is Building a Free App for Native Bees! </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"times","serif";color:black">Center for Food Safety is working to develop an innovative mobile app called Wild Bee ID, designed to educate and inspire users about our thousands of species of native bees and what we can all do to help conserve these essential pollinators.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"times","serif";color:black"> The app is user-friendly, visually engaging, and highly informative, making it the ideal tool for students, home gardeners, and bee enthusiasts of all ages.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"times","serif";color:black">We’re crowdfunding Wild Bee ID, and we need your support! By donating to our Indiegogo campaign, you’re joining a team protecting our bees, our food, and inspiring a whole new community of pollinator-protection advocates.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"times","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"times","serif";color:black"><a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tCc7qSpyYwHXz3u12J4Y39JsgIbfQUBd">Please chip in today to help us build this innovative mobile app >></a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"times","serif";color:black">Wild Bee ID will be your go-to app to identify native bees and pollinator-friendly habitats. It’s filled with high-resolution images of native bees and the flowers they visit; background on the different bee life cycles, anatomy, and nesting requirements; and concrete steps you can take to help protect pollinators. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"times","serif";color:black"><a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kKfl%2BAidLRgge5ycAuM15dJsgIbfQUBd">By supporting our crowdfunding campaign, you’re helping to bring Wild Bee ID to home gardens and schools across the U.S. Help us create a vast network of citizen entomologists working to identify, support, and protect our wild bees!</a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"times","serif";color:black">Thanks for everything you do,<br>The Center for Food Safety pollinator team</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"times","serif";color:black"><a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zF99biQchdLGZPKrjchCCtJsgIbfQUBd">P.S. – Get your gift bundle while they last! We’ve got everything from stickers, garden signs, and pollinator-friendly seeds to organic tote bags, limited-edition watercolor bumble bee prints, premium honey, and even a private meeting with our Executive Director</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Regards, Robbin</span></p><div id="Signature"><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper"><p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">-- <br>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<br>Robbin Thorp<br>Distinguished Emeritus Professor<br>Department of Entomology<br> and Nematology<br>University of California<br>One Shields Avenue<br>Davis, CA 95616-8584<br><br>Phone (530) 752-0482 (Bee Biology) <br>Phone/FAX (530) 752-9464 (Museum) <br>FAX (530) 754-7757 (Bee Biology)<br>Fax (530) 752-1537 (Department)<br>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>