<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For those who might like to hear about the phylogenetic and biogeographic history of bees, please see the list of offered talks below.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Robert</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">beec <<a href="mailto:beec@YORKU.CA" class="">beec@YORKU.CA</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[BOMBUS-L] Bee Biogeography and Systematics Talks - NEW webinar series</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">14 January 2022 at 17:28:58 CET<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:BOMBUS-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU" class="">BOMBUS-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Biology of Bumble Bees Discussion Group <<a href="mailto:BOMBUS-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU" class="">BOMBUS-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><h1 style="margin: 0cm; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: windowtext;" class="">Bee Biogeography and Systematics Talks<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: windowtext;" class="">(BeeBST) is a new series of monthly webinars on bee systematics, taxonomy and biogeography. It is aimed at a general audience of people interested in bees and pollinators, and especially with those interested in bee classification and biogeography. The taxonomy of giant honey bees (Jan 26th) and biogeography of bumble bees (Feb. 23rd) start the series off with the most popular of bees to engage with a wide base of attendees.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></h1><h1 style="margin: 0cm; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: windowtext;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></h1><div class=""><div style="margin-bottom: 21pt; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: nowrap; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><h1 style="margin: 0cm; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">Later talks will deal with cleptoparasitic bees, anthophorines, andrenids and eventually all major and minor groups of bees.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">Talks will generally be held at 11:00am (EST) on the last Wednesday of each month. We are hoping that many of the talks will be recorded and made available on the </span></em></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB0ZDMNcqIJam-zHU--bLZA" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><i class=""><span style="color: rgb(227, 24, 55);" class="">Centre for Bee Ecology, Evolution and Conservation’s YouTube channel</span></i></a></span><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">.</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></h1><h4 style="margin: 0cm; break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></h4><h4 style="margin: 0cm; break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">See below for upcoming speakers:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></h4><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin-left: 24pt; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 1; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; flex-basis: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><h3 style="margin: 0cm; break-after: avoid; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 55, 99); font-weight: normal; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">JANUARY</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">DR. GARD OTIS & NYATON KITNYA</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">January 26th, 2022 @ 11:00am EST<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0cm; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">"<strong class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">Diversity within the giant honey bees (</span></strong><em class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">Apis</span></b></em><strong class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">, subgenus </span></strong><em class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">Megapis</span></b></em><strong class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">)</span></strong>"</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://yorku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lifQWbKKQ62uMTAB-BF1eA" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(227, 24, 55);" class="">Register for this event</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin-left: 24pt; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 1; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; flex-basis: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><h3 style="margin: 0cm; break-after: avoid; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 55, 99); font-weight: normal; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">FEBRUARY</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">DR. PAUL WILLIAMS</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">February 23rd, 2022 @ 11:00 EST<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0cm; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">"<strong class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">When did bumblebees arrive in South America?</span></strong>"</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://yorku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ch-hqpVITnCT1RUmQA-4VQ" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(227, 24, 55);" class="">Register for this event!</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin-left: 24pt; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 1; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; flex-basis: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><h3 style="margin: 0cm; break-after: avoid; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 55, 99); font-weight: normal; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">MARCH</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">KATHERINE ODANAKA & DR. THOMAS ONUFERKO</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">March 30, 2022 @ 11:00am EST<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0cm; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">"<strong class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">Phylogeny and biogeography of cleptoparasitic nomadine bees: Epeolini and </span></strong><em class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">Nomada</span></b></em>"</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://yorku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_adn-qO6rTYuIWgFbTY4gBA" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(227, 24, 55);" class="">Register for this event!</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin-left: 24pt; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 1; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; flex-basis: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><h3 style="margin: 0cm; break-after: avoid; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 55, 99); font-weight: normal; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">APRIL</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">DR. MICHAEL ORR</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">April 27, 2022 @ 11:00am EST<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0cm; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">"<strong class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">The biology and evolution of the subfamily Anthophorinae (Apidae)</span></strong>"</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://yorku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QFXjinx6S6SghE2JzbIc2w" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(227, 24, 55);" class="">Register for this event!</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div></div><div class=""><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background-color: white;"><em class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">We still have a few open sessions in 2022 and eagerly await volunteers interested in presenting on any aspect of bees relevant to the overall topics of systematics, taxonomy and biogeography. Please contact Laurence Packer </span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:xeromelissa@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><i class=""><span style="color: rgb(227, 24, 55);" class="">xeromelissa@gmail.com</span></i></a><em class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""> if you would like to be included as a future speaker. </span></em><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">stay informed on future events and other news from the Centre for Bee Ecology, Evolution and Conservation by emailing <a href="mailto:listserv@yorku.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(227, 24, 55);" class="">listserv@yorku.ca</span></a> with the following text in the body of the email: <strong class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class="">SUBSCRIBE BEES YourFirstName YourLastName</span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif; color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></span></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">You received this email because you are subscribed to the Biology of Bumble Bees Discussion Group (BOMBUS-L) mailing list. 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