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The Canadian Pollination Initiative

A five-year (2009-2013) NSERC Strategic Network examining the complex problem of pollination decline in agricultural and natural ecosystems. (More)

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CANPOLIN is offering two new workshops this summer: a week-long short course in Honeybee Diagnostics, and a 3-day Workshop for Pollination Biologists in Training. Space is limited - apply soon! (more)

Researchers study the role of bees in extraterrestrial crop production (more)

CANPOLIN launches new website on Best Management Practices for Crop Pollination in Ontario (more)

CANPOLIN hosts workshop on Pollination and Land Rehabilitation (more)

Fungus fights deadly bee mites in a two-pronged attack (more)

CANPOLIN researchers unlock secrets of museum specimens (more)

Researchers from CANPOLIN and STEP are building new collaborations in pollination network analysis (more)

This years Society for Mathematical Biology's annual meeting will include a mini-symposium on bees and pollination (more)

Special Issue of Botany Showcases CANPOLIN Research: the July issue of Botany will feature nine articles by CANPOLIN researchers (more)

WG2 Researchers develop new tool to fight honey bee virus (more) & (link to CBC video)

University of Guelph now accepting applications for Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation (more)

CBC's "Ideas" features Karen Kraft Sloan and Jeremy Kerr in a panel discussion on biodiversity and the environment (more)

Former CANPOLIN writer-in-residence Stephen Humphrey produces CBC documentary on bee intelligence (more)

New CANPOLIN study finds that the main suspects in bumblebee decline are only part of the story (more)

WG5 Researcher Tom Woodcock featured on CBC radio program Ontario Today (more)

Kerr Lab Launches Online Lepidoptera Monitoring Tool (more)

In the News: WG4 Researcher David Greene on pollen allergies and climate change (more)

CANPOLIN researcher helps solve mimicry mystery in the Syrphidae (more)

Results from the NSERC-CANPOLIN 2010 Beekeeping Survey are now available! Learn more...

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The STEP consortium consists of 20 partners from 16 different countries, with support totalling about $6.5 million CDN over the five year term of the project. For more information, visit the STEP website. And you can follow STEP on Facebook or Twitter.