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10:30 am– 1:00 pm

Featuring: Stephen Buchmann, University of Arizona USA Native Bee Diversity: Rarity, Threats & Conservation Ideals Paul Williams, Natural HistoryMuseum, London A Global View of Bumble Bees and Their Conservation Status Robbin Thorp, University of California, Davis Western Bumble Bees in Peril Sydney Cameron and Jeff Lozier and, University of Illinois Status and Trends of Midwestern and Southern Bumble Bees Leif Richardson, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife Bumble Bee Trends in Northeastern North America Moderator:Michael Ruggiero, Smithsonian Institution

Celebrate National Pollinator Week, June 22 - 28! Sponsored by the US Geological Survey, Smithsonian Institution, National Biological Information Infrastructure, Pollinator Partnership, and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)