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  • From: David Langham <david_langham AT hotmail.com>
  • To: ocba listserv <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [ocba] FW: Buterfly Bash
  • Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:30:55 -0500

OCBA,
The Museum of Life and Sciences in Durham has asked if we could do a live beekeeing display for April 12 (see below).  I would love to do this but my family from Alaska will be here so I can not really commit to this.  I checked and the gazebo is in the Orange County storage.  It would need to be taken out, setup and checked for repairs before this date.  Several folks and a nuc of bees would need to be available for the day.  It would be a lot of fun.  Is this something that the OCBA would like to do?  Maybe this could be discussed at the next OCBA meeting.
Thanks,
David



Subject: Buterfly Bash
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:34:04 -0500
From: Ulrich.Hartmond AT ncmls.org
To: David_Langham AT hotmail.com

David,

Ok, here is the promised email to explain: Apr. 12 (Saturday), we celebrate the butterfly house anniversary and awakening spring. A bit like bugfest in Raleigh, we try to bring out our bugs to play with and more.

We hopefully will have BASF and BAYER scientists staffing a booth demonstrating their research on bugs and pest control, plan to have EPA do a booth and have asked USDA and the entomology society to set up a display. Music, some local (yard) art  vendors and photographers, and some games related to ‘bugs’ (like dungbeetle roll, roach races, leafcutterant ‘schlepp’ and “pop the aphid’) are part of it too. A family event for our guests (about 1600 or so we had the last few years we did this) that is fun, but with a science angle.

 

I also asked the Extension Service to advertise their role and resources to our guests. Please let me know if you or some other members are open to the idea to show off some bee keeping skilsl (a real hive?, maybe demonstrate handling of bees etc by redoing our demonstration hive – maybe?!)

 

Thank you for your consideration.

 

 

 

Uli Hartmond

Director Magic Wings Butterfly House and Insectarium

Museum Of Life and Science

433 Murray Ave

Durham, NC 27705

919-220-5429x363

www.lifeandscience.org

 



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