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<a href="https://www.yorku.ca/bees/beecon/" title="https://www.yorku.ca/bees/beecon/" data-loopstyle="linkonly">BeeCon</a> returns October 12-13, 2023, with virtual presentations on Thursday and in-person ones (also streamed via Zoom) at York University on
Friday. This two-day conference is an opportunity to connect melittologists (bee biologists), industry professionals and other bee researchers on an international scale. It is hosted by the Centre for Bee Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation at York University
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The call for abstracts is now open at <a href="https://www.yorku.ca/bees/beecon-proposals/">
https://www.yorku.ca/bees/beecon-proposals/</a>. The deadline to submit your proposal is Friday, August 4, 2023.
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<div class="ContentPasted0">Registration is also now open at <a href="https://www.yorku.ca/bees/beecon-2023-registration-page/">
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<div class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted2 ContentPasted3">There is no cost to register thanks to our sponsors: the Faculties of Science and Environmental and Urban Change and the Office of the VPRI.
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Please note that this event is intended to be for researchers actively involved in a field related to bees. Subscribe to our
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/BeeEcologyEvolutionandConservation" title="https://www.youtube.com/c/BeeEcologyEvolutionandConservation" data-loopstyle="linkonly">
YouTube Channel</a> to watch some of the videos after the event.<br>
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<div class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted2 ContentPasted3 ContentPasted5">Hope to see you there online or in-person. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.yorku.ca/bees/beecon-2023/">https://www.yorku.ca/bees/beecon-2023/</a>.</div>
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<div><span style="margin: 0px; text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; display: inline !important; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Victoria
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<span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; display: inline !important; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Coordinator,
Centre for </span>Bee Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (BEEc), York University</span><br>
<span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; display: inline !important; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">beec@yorku.ca</span></span></div>
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