<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">The CEES Seminar Series presents:</span></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Nick Dorian</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, post-doctoral researcher Chicago Botanic Gardens</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt;text-indent:0.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Watching wild bees in the Anthropocene</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">The Northeast is home to an enchanting diversity of wild bees. In recent years, these important pollinators have vaulted into the spotlight as conservation priorities. Yet, even </span>the<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"> most well-intentioned conservation efforts are hampered by large gaps in our understanding of their ecology and natural history. In this talk, Dr. Nick Dorian will present findings on how wild bee populations have changed over the past century, and what observations today can teach us about the resilience of bees in the future. Looking forward, filling knowledge gaps will require a shift towards study of living specimens. What might we learn if we started watching wild bees through binoculars? Drawing on the shift made with birds and butterflies in the 20th century, answering this question for bees will not only require developing new techniques for field identification, but also centering the contributions of amateur naturalists.</span></p><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Friday Sept 6</b><b>  6</b><b>pm. </b><br></div><div><div><div><div><div><b>Hudson 106</b></div></div><div><b>Reception prior to the talk at 5:00</b></div></div><div><br></div><div>You can add the full seminar schedule to your <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y18xMDhkNjVlMjY1ZGVmNjI5MTU3NDJhNzU0ZmQyMTE4ZjBhNmRhYmJjNDg2MDE0MGU3NmUwMTU0YzNiOGFmZTQwQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a><br></div></div><div><div><div>You can also get weekly updates by following our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SUNYPlattsburghCEES" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cees_sunyplattsburgh/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> pages<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please advertise broadly and distribute to anyone you think might be interested.</div></div></div></div><div><img src="cid:ii_m0f92dp80" alt="Dorian.jpg" width="316" height="489" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>