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to Improve Honey Bee Health</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The North American Pollinator Protection

Campaign (NAPPC) has awarded six new research grants related to honey bee

health issues which have been funded by a combination of a <b>USDA APHIS</b> grant, sponsorship from <b>JAFRA Cosmetics</b>, and donations from <b>Pollinator Partnership’s (P2)</b> generous donors. Each project will

explore one or more identified priority areas that will investigate the

stressors impacting honey bees in North America.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The NAPPC Honey Bee Health Task Force,

co-chaired by <b>Dr. Olav Rueppell,

University of Alberta and Mr. Mike Studer, State Apiarist for the Tennessee

Department of Agriculture</b>, solicits proposals each January from University

professors, researchers, and graduate students who are at the forefront of bee

health issues including pesticide exposure, pests and disease, and climate

effects, among other areas. Research topics are diverse and aim to support bees

and beekeepers, and to educate policymakers and land managers. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This spring, the <b>NAPPC Honey Bee Health Task Force</b> convened an expert panel to

review the proposals, which included<b> Jay

Evans, Ph.D., Gloria Degrandi-Hoffman, Ph.D., Lora Morandin, Ph.D., Olav

Rueppell, Ph.D., Mike Studer, and Billy Synk. </b>The committee funded 6

outstanding research proposals that will strengthen the science supporting practical

applications in honey bee management and conservation. The following projects

have been chosen from many incredible submissions and will report their

progress at the annual NAPPC International Conference, hosted October 18-20,

2022:</span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Juliana

Rengel, Ph.D.<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> with Jordan F.

Twombly Ellis </b>at <b>Texas A&M </b>are<br>

<i>Determining the drivers of precocious

honey bee (Apis mellifera) self-removal behavior</i></span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Allison

Malay</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> with <b>Ken Fedorka

Ph.D.</b> at the <b>University of Central

Florida </b>are investigating the<b> </b><i>Environment and Pollinator Community Impact

on Honeybee Viral Infections Health</i></span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">David

Tarpy Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> and <b>Rodrigo Ivo

Santos Ph.D.</b> at <b>North Carolina State

University </b>are <i>Developing a novel

system to study bee viruses</i></span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Esmaeil

Amiri Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> at <b>Mississippi

State University</b> is exploring <i>Dynamics

of viruses among Varroa mite populations</i></span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ernesto

Guzman-Novoa</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> with <b>Alvaro De la

Mora Pena</b> at the <b>University of Guelph

</b>will investigate <i>Breeding for Low

Varroa Growth in Ontario Honey Bee Colonies</i></span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Alberto

Prado <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and Ulises Olivares-Pinto of <span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM),

and <b>Cedric Alaux </b>and <b>Yves Le Conte </b>of <b><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Institut

National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) </span></b><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">are exploring <i>Using honeybee flight activity data as a toxicovigilance tool</i></span><b></b></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Many donors contributed to the funding of the

2022 Honey Bee Health grants, with the largest funding resulting from a

long-standing partnership with the U.S.

Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service </b>and a new generous sponsorship from <b>JAFRA Cosmetics</b>. Honey Bee Health

Grants have been distributed annually for the past 15 years, totaling more than

</span><span id="gmail-1069919589"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">$700,000

in research support for 80 research programs in Canada, the United States, and

Mexico. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You may contact <b>Reed Lievers</b> of

Pollinator Partnership at </span><a href="mailto:reed@pollinator.org"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">reed@pollinator.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> or at

415.362.1137 to learn more about the program. <b></b></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The request for proposals for 2023 research

projects will be distributed in November 2022. Visit </span><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/honeybee-health"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">www.pollinator.org/honeybee-health</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> for more

information.  <b></b></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ABOUT THE NORTH AMERICAN POLLINATOR PROTECTION

CAMPAIGN (NAPPC)</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For over 22 years, NAPPC has brought together

stakeholders from all sectors of the pollinator issue in a collaborative

partnership to support pollinator health across the North American continent.

More than any other single organization, the collective effort of these 180

plus organizations has made pollinator health a feature in conservation

landscape management. From its many Task Forces, NAPPC affects change and moves

solid science into real progress on the ground. Managed by the Pollinator

Partnership, more can be found about NAPPC at </span><a href="http://www.nappc.org"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">www.nappc.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ABOUT POLLINATOR PARTNERSHIP (P2)</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Established in 1997, Pollinator Partnership is

the largest 501(c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to the

health, protection, and conservation of all pollinating animals. Pollinator

Partnership’s actions for pollinators include education, conservation,

restoration, policy, and research.  P2’s

financial support comes through grants, gifts, memberships and donations from

any interested party. Its policies are science-based, set by its board of

directors, and never influenced by any donor. </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Reed Lievers (he/him)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Program Associate</font></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Pollinator Partnership</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">600 Montgomery Street, Suite 440<br>San Francisco, CA 94111</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">e:  <a href="mailto:reed@pollinator.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">reed@pollinator.org</a>  </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">w:  <a href="http://www.pollinator.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.pollinator.org</a><br>o:  415.362.1137</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">c:  760.715.0430</font></p><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/90B28tf4/facebook-logo.jpg"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/Pollinators" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/0N9ph9Zb/twitter-logo.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pollinatorpartnership/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/3Ndtc2Y8/test-4.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/7YM19CMp/youtube-logo.jpg"></a><font color="#000000"><br></font></p></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/zZyBlTpFQjYniFpnMQmc-RrBI2Rpe9U5uKaWfoKoMYek1ugA57_o8RKohSjfJo2JvAfqHKzkZ_Yo_Sqviy3IItch11tROejbCPxaLZ6GmWOfTP9NRiqw41r0FXUzkioCYDi40tA" width="117px;" height="52px;" style="border:none"></a></span><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1xG49s8xfEaWummaelJ_wFQWC5u_sfFze&revid=0BwcIjdIQOvUlcHZERThpTzBhbU4ydEtsdGFDbHVmbThYbkNFPQ" width="51" height="51" style="margin-right:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/monarch/mwaa" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=11Rc9DlRYBd7fpkcrnlg-RAPhKFPz2rzc&revid=0BwcIjdIQOvUlSU1CMnVxVy85R0RHSkNkOWJnOWowNmRISGR3PQ" width="78" height="96"></a></font><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1QyKCT8Yi8legIwViu5qDoMnHVduSQYJ0&revid=0BwHW822UDtaRTGNZZ1JCQnMxRXRaUC91SDdjWDllM2NOKzF3PQ" width="96" height="96"></div></div></div></div></div></div>