>BUT - If there is a recognisable variation in that area, an up to date 
>protocol should take that into account.

If any interested in such are not already aware,one of the more dynamic and progressively thinking presenters at the Penn State Pollinator Biology Conference this past summer was Peter Neumann, who is coordinating a global monitoring project on bee decline including standardizing trail protocols. Very interesting stuff out there.  

www.coloss.org/partners/neumann

Kathy Kellison

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