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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">USDA NASS resumes data collection for the Colony Loss Survey </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;background:white">Issued Sept. 13, 2019 by the Agricultural Statistics Board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. For more information, contact </span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333">Travis Averill at (202) 720-3570 or </span></i><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563c1"><a href="mailto:%20travis.averill@usda.gov"><span style="color:blue">travis.averill@usda.gov</span></a></span></u></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333">.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333">After a one quarter suspension due to resource constraints, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will resume the Colony Loss Survey with the October 1 reference date. The survey results, which include quarterly data </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">on honey bee colony numbers and death loss, will be released in the August 2020 <i>Honey Bee Colonies</i> report<span style="color:#333333">. This report allows USDA, researchers, beekeepers, and other interested parties to compare quarterly losses, additions, and movements and to analyze the data on a state-by-state basis.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333">For more information about USDA NASS survey programs, including the bee and honey program, visit </span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563c1"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu7061146.ct.sendgrid.net%2Fwf%2Fclick%3Fupn%3D84Em28S1K9SvtzcUtu04EmWqDPHQTnlIKHyI7CghRK9P0vVVyTCDDBsOaCLzma9Wr6UEjwqKFC-2FcxusJQv-2Bn1CfpjrhoTU8Ih9xjfEUqdIs-3D_nd4c1-2FhogENHvOqndnxleq50QmWGOR0WpUuKyfQ2iYQoKuDx6qs6TEqYm9AJpVVexiGAXIcE7k-2F-2FLQnvLjfIqwO6LIVwZ5aGFGD6Qe2JNsXDQN0dWpCAs-2FT7Nk-2F5EdzEaLFaXzeLNXjn-2BpL-2FWzqo2H56iKnCDcp2zTZzUWmHUWZ7woJVovNqok18v71hSSU3mULLA7AFwOkcxj-2BY9z6EP23XmAI-2BfXQIrtXhWLkuEXtqY4zvmRRru18rDGMq8Yn3uZSDN-2ByU8Ni3K8W5QYHtDUvQB849ExSnvZgok1yS4-2FGObI85r-2FNYvsmVJCzd9C9ehOBGKtrc-2FXRd-2Fd-2F5eiBOBmLqqhhyPLOO7v2wW9iBHQo-3D&data=02%7C01%7CVal.Dolcini%40calepa.ca.gov%7Cc2201aeaf4fb4aef6d3708d73ade2125%7Cfedfd73812164730a902fd41fa7f4dbc%7C0%7C0%7C637042598029664542&sdata=ezIhRA1MDWa%2BcywI%2F%2BmyxQzvBQthgtyaxPCtO4Jopno%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:blue">www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kelly Rourke</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Director of Programs and Operations</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Pollinator Partnership </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">475 Sansome St., 17th Floor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">San Francisco, CA 94111</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">e: </span><a href="mailto:kr@pollinator.org"><span style="color:blue">kr@pollinator.org</span></a><span style="color:black"> </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">w: </span><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span style="color:blue">www.pollinator.org</span></a> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">p: 415.362.1137</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D56D3F.DF4165F0" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D1AB75.BF85B7F0"></span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/Pollinators"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D56D3F.DF4165F0" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01D1AB75.BF85B7F0"></span></a><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:black;layout-grid-mode:line"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pollinatorpartnership/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D56D3F.DF43D6F0" alt="instagram"></span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D56D3F.DF4165F0" alt="cid:image005.jpg@01D1AB75.BF85B7F0"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://pollinator.org/index.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="117" height="52" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D56D3F.DF4165F0" alt="cid:image006.jpg@01D1AB75.BF85B7F0"></span></a> <a href="https://www.pollinator.org/bff"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="55" height="55" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D56D3F.DF43D6F0" alt="bee_friendly_Farmer_logo_CMYK[1]"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p></div></body></html>