[ocba] Update: National Pollinator Week Events Next Week!

David Langham david_langham at hotmail.com
Tue Jun 26 20:03:53 EDT 2007


All,
Gayle going to have a table setup for the OCBA at this event!  If you have 
any time, please go over and help her man the table.  It is going to be a 
fun event and I am sorry that I am going to miss it!
See the details below,
David

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>Thursday June 28 at Weaver Street Market
>
>Weaver Street Market is located at 101 East Weaver St. in Carrboro, NC;
>visit their website at http://www.weaverstreetmarket.com/ for directions 
>and
>store information.
>
>10:00-noon – visit the information tables and displays and talk with
>beekeeping experts from NC State University, North Carolina Cooperative
>Extension, the NCDA&CS, and the Orange County Beekeepers' Association.
>
>Noon-1:00 - Bee Cage - watch an experienced beekeeper open a hive and talk
>about bees and beekeeping; get your burning questions answered
>
>1:00-1:30 – Protect our Pollinators and Plant a Bee Garden – 
>Presentation by
>Debbie Roos, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center
>
>1:30-2:30 - Bee Cage Demonstration repeated
>
>2:30-3:00 - How to Become a Backyard Beekeeper - Presentation by Dr. David
>Tarpy, NCSU Apiculture Specialist
>
>3:00-4:00 - Bee Cage Demonstration repeated
>
>4:00-4:30 - Overview of North Carolina Pollinators – Presentation by Dr.
>Steve Bambara, NCSU Entomology Specialist
>
>You will also be able to visit the produce section of Chatham Marketplace
>and Weaver Street Market to learn which crops are pollinated by honey bees
>and what this means to North Carolina’s economy. And check out the 
>special
>display of the many products of the hive available at each store, including
>honey harvested by local beekeepers!
>
>Debbie Roos, Chatham County Agricultural Extension Agent, will also provide
>a sneak peek of her new Pollinator Conservation website where you can learn
>about plants appropriate for the Piedmont region that will provide nectar
>and pollen for bees and other pollinators; view photos of each plant 
>species
>and our common pollinators; and discover print and Internet resources to
>learn more about pollinator conservation!
>
>For more information about these events, contact Debbie Roos at
>debbie_roos at ncsu.edu.
>
>For more information about National Pollinator Week, visit the Pollinator
>Partnership website at http://www.pollinator.org/pollinator_week.htm
>
>We hope to see you there! Bring your family and join in the fun.
>
>Debbie
>
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>Debbie Roos
>Agricultural Extension Agent
>Organic and Sustainable Agriculture
>North Carolina State University
>North Carolina Cooperative Extension
>Chatham County Center
>Growing Small Farms Website:
>http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms
>Post Office Box 279
>Pittsboro, NC 27312
>Email: debbie_roos at ncsu.edu
>Phone: 919.542.8202    Fax: 919.542.8246
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