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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY!</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"><br>
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All active members are encouraged to attend.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Join us on Friday, December 11th from 9AM to 1PM PST. </span></strong><br>
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annual membership or <a href="https://orchardbee.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7ce337b03e250c4346ff84d51&id=a30d287228&e=0b746bdb05" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#007C89">join OBA</span></strong></a> on
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Kathryn LeCroy</span></strong>, University of Virginia - Decline of six native mason bee species following the arrival of an exotic mason bee<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Lindsie McCabe</span></strong>, USDA-ARS Logan Bee Lab - Synergistic interactions between blue orchard bees and honey bees<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Rachel Vannette</span></strong>, University of California Davis - Community assembly of the larval and provision microbiome of the blue orchard bee
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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
State University<br>
4017 Agricultural and Life Science Building </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"> Corvallis,
OR 97331-7304<br>
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