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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:18px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)"><strong>The 2021 Orchard Bee Association Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, December 10th and Saturday, December 11th in Corvallis, Oregon.</strong><span> </span>We hope
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<p style="margin:10px 0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)"><strong>Dates:</strong><span> </span>December 10th and 11th</span></p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)"><strong>Location:</strong><span> </span>Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon</span></p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)"><strong>In person and virtual options:</strong> We encourage everyone who can to join us in person. Please review the COVID-19 safety protocols below to make sure you meet the requirements.
If you cannot attend in person, you can join us virtually! Prior to the meeting, we will send you a Zoom link so that you can watch all the speakers present their latest<span> </span><em>Osmia</em><span> </span>research and join in on the discussions.</span></p>
</li><li><strong style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68)">Registration: </strong><font color="#444444">$75 registration fee to attend the annual meeting, online or in person for members and students. $125 registration fee for non-members. A link for registration and membership
can be found below. There are limited seats in our conference room, so please register ASAP to guarantee your spot. If you are purchasing registration for more than one person, make a separate purchase for each person.</font></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)"><strong>Accommodations:<span> </span></strong>We have 15 double rooms reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn for out-of-town folks who are attending in person. Below are details and a link
for booking online.</span></p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)">Hilton Garden Inn Corvallis<br>
2500 SW Western Blvd, Corvallis, OR 97333<br>
Check In: 12/09/21<br>
Check out: 12/11/21</span></p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)"><strong>Last day to book at group rate: Friday, Nov. 26, 2021</strong><br>
Group rate: $129 per room plus tax</span><br>
<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)">Book online:<span> </span></span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Forchardbee.us11.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D7ce337b03e250c4346ff84d51%26id%3Db226cf3390%26e%3D0b746bdb05&data=04%7C01%7CAndony.Melathopoulos%40oregonstate.edu%7Cabec500e00014b460b8f08d9a9d27d97%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C637727543787424570%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=kkAX4vwRWpy%2Bs9n8XTCxPy9Lg8szi7i8m41HIiIhg6I%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://orchardbee.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7ce337b03e250c4346ff84d51&id=b226cf3390&e=0b746bdb05" shash="pd9EWq2Gs78500MN/3cSLXYFgPBfXWAZY+VIjAgsolIhZ3x+WnlJVGqdZxbbSw4BpkWjlcx1hEAVCqLNRt/+DQsNlx9BY/I/UjcgPt5/LiTvFJf/G0ZWSb/P83oCf1eP8tFxMiR7kxcBziloFfOgK1kkwoxtP+5QvAU8W4BfkCA=" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0, 124, 137);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)">Orchard
Bee Association- Booking Link</span></a><br>
<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)">Book by phone: Call 541-752-5000 and ask for a room under the Orchard Bee Association group block. Group code is OBA.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)"><strong>COVID-19 safety protocol:</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)">Face masks are required while indoors at all times. All attendees, 12 years old and older, must provide one of the following:</span></p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)">A) Proof of being fully vaccinated - CDC vaccination record card, or a photocopy, photo, or mobile photo of the card. Cardholders must be at least two weeks past receiving their second
dose in a two-dose series (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, or other World Health Organization-approved vaccines), or a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. A valid driver’s license or another government-issued form of identification, such as a passport
must be presented with the vaccination record.</span></p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)">B) Negative COVID-19 test administered in the previous three days. A test result must be in the form of written medical documentation (paper or electronic copy). The documentation must
include test result; type of test; entity issuing the result; and specimen collection date. A valid driver’s license or another government-issued form of identification, such as a passport must be presented with the negative test record.</span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><strong><em><u>Friday, December 10, 2021</u></em></strong> <br>
<strong>8:30 am</strong><span> </span>– Coffee and Registration <br>
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<strong>9:00 am</strong><span> </span>– President’s Welcome, The Year in Review <br>
Glen Trostle, OBA Certification program <br>
Neelendra Joshi, University of Arkansas <br>
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<strong>10:00 am</strong><span> </span>– Coffee Break <br>
(V) Diana Cox-Foster, Logan Bee Lab<br>
(V) Lindsie McCabe, Logan Bee Lab, Utilizing hive top incubators to disperse blue orchard bees in cherry orchards<br>
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<strong>12:00 – 1:00 pm</strong><span> </span>– Lunch (provided)<br>
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<strong>1:00 pm</strong><span> </span>– Lauren Ponisio, University of Oregon,<span> </span><em>Osmia lignaria</em><span> </span>parasitism and reproduction in clearcuts<br>
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Award: Outstanding Contribution to Orchard Bees<br>
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Jim Watts, OBA Visions for the year ahead<br>
(V) Kathryn LeCroy, Cornell University, Consequential co-introductions: Associations of bee-specialist fungi (<em>Ascosphaera</em><span> </span>spp.) from Asia with native and non-native mason bees in North America<br>
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OBA Business: Treasurer’s report, Lindsie McCabe<br>
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Andony Melathopoulos, OSU, Oregon cocoon health survey<br>
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OBA Business: Election of officers <br>
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Networking <br>
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2021 Group Photo <br>
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<strong>5:30 pm</strong><span> </span>– Dinner, on own in Corvallis <br>
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<strong><em><u>Saturday, December 11, 2021</u></em></strong><br>
<strong>9:00 am</strong><span> </span>– Welcome <br>
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Quinn McFrederick, UC Riverside, Vampire Bees of Costa Rica <br>
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Ramesh Sagili, OSU, Honey bees<br>
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<strong>10:00 am</strong><span> </span>– Coffee Break <br>
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(V) Theresa Pitts-Singer, Logan Bee Lab <br>
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(V) Christine Cairns Fortuin, Univ. of Georgia, Effects of Imidacloprid Residue in Soil on Nest Productivity and Survival of Blue Orchard Mason Bees<br>
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Jim Watts, Watts Solitary Bees, <em>Osmia </em>and Boron <br>
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(V) Prarthana Dharampal, Univ. of Wisconsin, How exosymbiotic microbes help bees be<br>
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<strong>12:00 – 1:00 pm</strong><span> </span>– Lunch (provided)<br>
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(V) Miles Dakin, Pollinator Partnership, California Pollinator Coalition<br>
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Networking <br>
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