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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sorry could you please do this link??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">"Evans, Jay" <Jay.Evans@ARS.USDA.GOV><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, March 15, 2019 at 2:59 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"pollinator@lists.sonic.net" <pollinator@lists.sonic.net><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Francisco J. Posada-Florez" <fjavierposada@gmail.com>, Miriam Richards <richardsmiriam1@gmail.com>, Sarah Kocher <skocher@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Batrafest 2019, A Symposium for Dr. Suzanne Batra. May 3, 2019, Maryland, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Join us and Dr. Suzanne Batra for a Symposium honoring Suzanne's long and varied career, from pioneering work with social evolution to numerous applied and fundamental discoveries in bees and the environment.
As a bonus, Suzanne will give the final word on what she meant when she coined the term “eusocial” 55 years ago! May 3, 2019, USDA Log Lodge, Beltsville, MD 20705</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• 8:30-9:30- Signing in and Coffee, USDA Log Lodge, Beltsville, MD USA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• 9:30 Dr. Jay Evans, USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab, “Suzanne at the USDA”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• 9:45: Dr. Francisco Posada-Florez, USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab, “Suzanne’s diverse contributions to bee science”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• 10:00-Plenary Lecture: Dr. Miriam Richards, Brock University, " "Sweat bees, carpenter bees, and the (slowly) evolving definition of insect sociality"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• 10:30-10:45 Break</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• 10:45- Plenary Lecture: Dr. Sarah Kocher, Princeton University, "The interplay of genes and ecology in the evolution of eusociality".</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• 11:15 Dr. Suzanne Batra "You say Eusocial: what did I say? And a life with bees”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch, sandwiches</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• 1:00-3:00 10 additional speakers (selected from attendees)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• 3:00-5:00 Discussions and a tour of Suzanne's bee pastures and nesting sites</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• 5:00- 7:00 Catered Dinner, Indian food</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Optional field trips on May 4</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">$50 FOOD AND DRINK CONTRIBUTION, $20 FOR STUDENTS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/awoolfarm/247858">https://www.tickettailor.com/events/awoolfarm/247858</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jay Evans and Francisco Posada-Florez (USDA), Miriam Richards (Brock Univ), Sarah Kocher (Princeton Univ)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Jay Evans </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Research Leader</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"">🐝</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BARC-E Bldg 306 Beltsville, MD 20705 USA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ph 301-504-5143 FX 301-504-8736, jay.evans@ars.usda.gov</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0036-4651</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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