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--Apple-Mail-256-156871817 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The regular monthly meeting of the Blomidon Naturalists Society will =20 take place Monday, May 21 at 7:30 PM in Room BAC241 in the Beveridge =20 Arts Centre at Acadia University. Lady Beetles and Their Use as Biological Pest Control Agents by Dr. =20 Susan Bjornson. Biological pest control involves the use of natural =20 enemies (predators, pathogens, and parasitoids) for controlling =20 agricultural pests. Although biological control was first practiced in =20= 4th-century China, the earliest, most spectacular success was recorded =20= in California. This case involved the use of an Australian lady beetle =20= for control of a scale insect on California citrus. Other lady beetle =20= species have since been used for pest control on various horticultural =20= crops and their efficacy has led to the ongoing practice of using lady =20= beetles for pest control on agricultural crops and in home gardens. =20 This presentation will focus on the history of biological pest =20 control, the practice of using of lady beetles for controlling crop =20 pests, and the ecological implications associated with using lady =20 beetles and other natural enemies for pest control. Dr Susan Bjornson is an invertebrate pathologist in the Department of =20= Biology, Saint Mary=92s University. She earned a Diploma of Horticulture = =20 (Olds College), followed by a BSc (Honours) in Environmental Biology =20 (University of Guelph) and PhD in Entomology (University of Alberta). =20= Her early research focused on biological pest control in horticultural =20= crops. Her current research program involves the study of invertebrate =20= pathogens that cause chronic disease in beneficial insects that are =20 used for biological pest control. For more information about the society, visit: = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/ =3D=20 =3D=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities =3D=20 =3D=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University =3D=20 =3D=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D MAIL COURIER PO Box 15000 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Canada =3D=20 =3D=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca =3D=20 =3D=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --Apple-Mail-256-156871817 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>The regular monthly = meeting of the Blomidon Naturalists Society will take place Monday, May = 21 at 7:30 PM in Room BAC241 in the Beveridge Arts Centre at Acadia = University.</div><div><br></div><div>Lady Beetles and Their Use as = Biological Pest Control Agents by Dr. Susan Bjornson. Biological pest = control involves the use of natural enemies (predators, pathogens, and = parasitoids) for controlling agricultural pests. Although biological = control was first practiced in 4th-century China, the earliest, most = spectacular success was recorded in California. This case involved the = use of an Australian lady beetle for control of a scale insect on = California citrus. Other lady beetle species have since been used for = pest control on various horticultural crops and their efficacy has led = to the ongoing practice of using lady beetles for pest control on = agricultural crops and in home gardens. This presentation will focus on = the history of biological pest control, the practice of using of lady = beetles for controlling crop pests, and the ecological implications = associated with using lady beetles and other natural enemies for pest = control.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dr Susan Bjornson is an = invertebrate pathologist in the Department of Biology, Saint Mary=92s = University. She earned a Diploma of Horticulture (Olds College), = followed by a BSc (Honours) in Environmental Biology (University of = Guelph) and PhD in Entomology (University of Alberta). Her early = research focused on biological pest control in horticultural crops. Her = current research program involves the study of invertebrate pathogens = that cause chronic disease in beneficial insects that are used for = biological pest control.</div><div><br></div><div>For more information = about the society, visit: <a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/</a>= </div><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span"= style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><p = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</font></p><p style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Courier; ">Patrick Kelly</font></p><p style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Courier; ">Director of Computer Facilities</font></p><p = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; = ">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= </font></p><p style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; ">Faculty of = Architecture and Planning</font></p><p style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Courier; ">Dalhousie University</font></p><p = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; 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