[PCA] Honeybees, Satellites, and Climate Change: Free Public Event April 3 - NASA - Greenbelt, MD.

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Re: [Pollinator] Honeybees, Satellites, and Climate Change: Free Public 
Event...
Laurie,
   Wayne Esaias, a fellow Montgomery County Beekeeper, has tracked for 
decades the onset of nectar flows in the increasingly urbanized areas 
immediately north of Washington, DC. Volunteers, with their bee hives on 
platform scales, repeatedly have submitted data to Dr. Esaias. He now has 
been able to determine an advance in dates, for our main flows (tulip 
poplar and black locust), most likely explained by loss of trees and 
increased application of macadam and cement as parking lots and paved 
roads. It's interesting and thoughtful work.
Barry Thompson 



 
Honeybees, Satellites, and Climate Change:  Free Public Event at the 
Library of Congress, April 3
 
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD is partnering with the 
Library of Congress, Science, Technology, and Business Division to bring 
research results of remote sensing observations of the Earth to the 
public.  Dr. Wayne Esaias is a research scientist using satellite remote 
sensing to understand the ecological impacts of climate change, and also a 
master beekeeper.  The public is invited to his presentation at the 
Library on April 3, "Honeybees, Satellites, and Climate Change," in which 
he will describe his investigation of the effects of climate change on 
honeybees and its implications for agriculture.  For details, go to:
http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/calendar/2007_lc.php
 
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