<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Sam and John,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">The innovative survey methods developed at York University to locate and study nesting bees, described below in the article "Still Questing for Bee Nests" below, perhaps can be applied to overwintering bumble bee surveys.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">The overwintering queen bumble bee location could be identified and marked in the fall, and then dug up after the queen emerges the following spring to obtain information on all but #2, which could be addressed using DNA analysis.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">~~~~~~~~</span><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.7273px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small">Sandra Lary</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.7273px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.7273px"><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Fish and Wildlife Biologist</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">- North Atlantic-Appalachian Regional Office</span></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Endangered Species Division, Listing Program<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">4R Fundy Road</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Falmouth, ME 04105</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">207-781-8364 ext: 19 (v); 207-781-8369 (f)</font></div></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td><div><img src="http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=afe47280-6578-43f7-9b29-e940215cc145&a=1102968923571&c=85c63460-92fc-11e3-924f-d4ae527557ea&ch=86982a60-92fc-11e3-92a7-d4ae527557ea" alt=""></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><div style="background-color:rgb(230,230,230)"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#E6E6E6"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table width="630" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:630px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 5px"><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#403F42" style="background-color:rgb(64,63,66);padding:10px"><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#403F42"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:0px"><div><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="left" valign="top"><div><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(9,163,186);display:block;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;padding:10px 20px"><div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:28px;color:rgb(0,114,152);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Bumble Bee Watch</span></div><div><span style="font-size:22px;color:rgb(76,76,76);font-style:italic;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">November 2019</span></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="left" valign="top"><div><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px"><div><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jyhO_d6d9RvgDzwo8okFW7XUyNmT3k7XmJpQvGLconYXzrCEnaiy8KZ0TLT59ts30iZZ5VUHW7NAgHpqMOK8OpUTesCd4guTvFAW71IEmI6opUJnLabHgg6Ud9OwRTO1vUdHMgBKGGs06xnacxAPgqDonSaLoVKb&c=SnZhpjKcvbCbzP4c0gqo0vRqBwh4Vc_t7Afwkg-cnsNQGr2Zhbq73w==&ch=veRSzFwgKSt5VRDVScF2_6vHhboXB_uBsf6_aWCHPcfYS72Lj9oDBA==" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="598" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/3b5221ec001/cff6833c-b6fd-450f-93ef-862c0ae9e7be.png" style="display:block;height:auto;max-width:100%"></a></div></td></tr></tbody></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