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The Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics is please to announce our Spring 2009 International Field Biology trip to the island of Palau.  For more information, including the itinerary and cost, please look at the trip brochure here: Palau Trip, May 18-29 2009

Please join the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics for a special lecture from Master Beekeeper Mea McNeil on honeybees and their environmental importance:

"Food and Farming on the Urban Edge"

"Honeybees: Pollinators in Distress"
Wednesday, November 12

Honeybees are in crisis! Entire colonies of these important pollinators have been dying from mysterious causes for the past few years. This slide show and talk by journalist and Master Beekeeper M.E.A. (Mea) McNeil explores the work of researchers focused this worldwide concern. Without bees, almonds, apples, pears, grapes, and many more fruits and vegetable crops will not be pollinated. Mea, who lives on a small organic farm in San Anselmo and heads the Marin Beekeepers Association, will also suggest garden plants that attract bees and describe ways to provide bee habitat. A honey tasting will follow

TIME: 6:30 P.M.
LOCATION: Dominican University, Guzman Hall; 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael
COST: Free.

Last updated: Oct 31, 2008.