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  • From: "David Langham" <david_langham AT hotmail.com>
  • To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [ocba] Update: National Pollinator Week Events Next Week!
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:03:53 -0400

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


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


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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