This email serves to announce that we are extending the application deadline for HYM Course 2012 (http://hymcourse.org/) to Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Applications will not be accepted after this date. The main objective of HYM Course is to provide participants with knowledge and experience in identifying parasitic and predatory wasps, sawflies, wood wasps, bees, and ants. Information on natural history is also presented, and that information is reinforced with fieldwork. Techniques used to collect, rear, preserve, and curate specimens are presented in a hands-on manner to allow participants to learn directly by doing. The course is limited to 25 participants. Financial aid is available to eligible applicants from Sweden and Norway through the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative and ForBio (Research School in Biosystematics), respectively.Please visit the HYM Course website (http://hymcourse.org/) for details, including information on how to apply, costs for taking the course, and logistics of travel to and within Sweden. We look forward to seeing you in Sweden! Instructors, HYM Course 2012 -- Robert R. Kula, Ph.D. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA Smithsonian Institution, NMNH 10th & Constitution Ave. NW P.O. Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012 phone: (202) 633-4558 fax: (202) 786-9422 This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.
