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Here is what a young, Australian colleague is doing to increase awareness of native plants and how important they are to native bees. As we stress the importance of native plants in American urban-suburban sites perhaps similarly designed items, such as these,
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Kit's work in Western Australia is important and interesting. Here online efforts to educate are very entertaining. Consider checking out her sites on social media. In general, we should all pay attention to what comes next after the summer bush fires in
Australia. We may be able to learn some new things when we see how Australians study natural patterns of vegetative regeneration. This will be of particular importance to members in California with Mediterranean-type climates.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Kit Prendergast <kitprendergast21@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 27, 2020 3:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Peter Bernhardt <peter.bernhardt@slu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] Plant these save the native bees Redbubble</font>
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<div><span class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline">I know you're very much behind endorsing native flora for pollinators - I thought you might be pleased to know people can now order "Plant these save the native bees" design on items from Tshirts
to tote bags, socks to clocks, leggings to iphone covers! I've created a Redbubble store (Bee Babette Redbubble Store). Here's the link to the store, then people can select the item they want (under Category e.g. Clothing, Home decor, Phone cases, Accessories
etc.) and then the particular item you want e.g. Clothing -> Sweatshirts and Hoodies). There's even get a "Plant these, save the native bees" shower curtain<font color="#1d2129" face="inherit"><span style="font-size:14px; white-space:pre-wrap">!
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<div dir="ltr">Kit Prendergast
<div>Native bee scientist, conservation biologist and zoologist</div>
<div>PhD researcher (Curtin University) and Forrest Scholar</div>
<div>ORCiD: <u><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-6099__;!!K543PA!fCWPpWrcOrTaP91Yqn9Haki__c10YR0eLCxLUomkIXX4d9V54GhPVQUQyahp2eO7wU8R$" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-6099</a></u>
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