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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please pass this message on to any fruit or nut growers you know. We held the practice session today and there is some great practical information by some of the best orchard bee producers in
the West. Pesticide recertification credits available for some states.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Wednesday October 28<sup>th</sup> | 9am – noon (PST)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">A series of short talks from industry professionals on the basics of orchard bee management and their deployment for crop pollination.
These talks are designed to help growers better understand how to incorporate mason bees into their pollination programs.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Cost:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> $10.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Register: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="http://www.orchardbee.org/upcoming-events-1" target="_blank">www.orchardbee.org/upcoming-events-1</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Facebook:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1261638714170209">https://www.facebook.com/events/1261638714170209</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topics:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Why Mason Bees? (Theresa Pitts-Singer, USDA ARS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How to incubate and release the bees. (Steve Peterson, Foothills Bee Ranch)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How to deploy bees in an orchard and nesting options. (Brian Bly, Hart Farms)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How to manage summer development and cool down. (Dave Hunter, Crown Bees)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How to clean cocoons and store for winter. (Morgan Dunn, Orchard Bee Association)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Osmia pests and their management. (Glen Trostle, retired, USDA ARS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marketing the bees, OBA’s role, and concluding remarks. (Jim Watts, Watts Bees)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Andony Melathopoulos, Assistant Professor Pollinator Health Extension</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Horticulture </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#B9B9B9">|</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Oregon
State University<br>
4017 Agricultural and Life Science Building </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#B9B9B9">|</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Corvallis, OR 97331-7304<br>
cell: (541) 452-3038 </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#B9B9B9">|</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:Name@youremail.com"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BE5B17">Andony.Melathopoulos@oregonstate.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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