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<p class="MsoNormal">The Wild World of Bees caught its breath in November, and we resume this Thursday with a talk you won’t want to miss.
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<p><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#201F1E">The Minnesota Bee Atlas: community science and wood nesting bees<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">Lecturer:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E"> Colleen Satyshur, Research Scientist (<a href="https://www.beelab.umn.edu/">University of Minnesota Bee Lab</a>)</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">The <span class="mark41e96ovnx">Wild</span> <span class="mark8hv02whv0">World</span> <span class="markh2e5jnhq0">of</span> <span class="markk86lrjd0t">Bees</span> Lectures</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E"><br>
December 10, 2020 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm PDT</span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E"><a href="https://extension.oregonstate.edu/events/minnesota-bee-atlas-community-science-wood-nesting-bee" target="_blank">Registration</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E"><br>
Minnesota was one of the first state's to combine Extension with native bee survey. One aspect of their innovative program is a network of cavity nests operated by volunteers to help track native bee and wasp populations. Colleen Satyshur from the University
of Minnesota will describe this program and some of the amazing bees they are discovering.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://extension.oregonstate.edu/bee-atlas/wild-world-bees" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Past episodes <span class="markh2e5jnhq0">of</span> the <span class="mark41e96ovnx">Wild</span> <span class="mark8hv02whv0">World</span> <span class="markh2e5jnhq0">of</span> <span class="markk86lrjd0t">Bees</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">
and on the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4-fDUsqKRDxinSPSU4HpXw"><span style="color:#0070C0">Oregon Bee Atlas YouTube channel</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Also, like the series, <a href="https://extension.oregonstate.edu/bee-atlas/donate">
consider donating to the Oregon Bee Atlas</a> – keep native bee taxonomy in the PNW alive and vibrant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Andony Melathopoulos, Assistant Professor Pollinator Health Extension</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Department of Horticulture </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#B9B9B9;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">|</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> Oregon
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