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  • From: Lewis Cauble <Lewis AT hivebody.com>
  • To: NC Beekeepers Orange County <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [ocba] Fwd: [chathambeekeepers] pollinator week celebration June 27
  • Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:30:58 -0400

Hello Orange County Beekeepers,
The Chatham crew is working up a big  Pollinator Week celebration on June 27.  I'll be out of town that weekend but if any of you guys could lend them a hand, please step up.  The email from Debbie is below.  I think they would really appreciate a couple of extra hands to set up or clean up.  Contact Debbie if you can offer a couple of hours.

Thanks,

Lewis

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From: Debbie Roos <Debbie.Roos AT chathamnc.org>
Date: June 2, 2009 11:02:03 AM EDT
Subject: [chathambeekeepers] pollinator week celebration June 27

Hi beekeepers,
 
We have been talking the last couple of meetings about our upcoming third annual National Pollinator Week Celebration to be held Saturday, June 27 from 10:00 am til 2:00 pm at Chatham Mills/Chatham Marketplace in Pittsboro. See photos at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/farmphotojune2808.htmlto view last year’s celebration.
 
I am already working with a couple of beekeepers on logistics.
 
If you want to help with this event, with advance preparation and/or actually being there on June 27  then please email me ASAP so I can start a little ad hoc committee and we can discuss by email. One lesson we learned last year – have a few volunteers come in later in the afternoon to help with breaking down because we were all pooped and wilted from being in the nearly 100 degree heat all day!
 
Christina, will you be able to bring your observation hive? That was popular last year, as were the newly emerged bees that kids could hold.
 
We are looking into renting a big tent to provide more shade than we had last year.
 
Last year we had a talk on kids and bees, one on beekeeping basics, and one on planting a pollinator garden. This year we will likely do less formal talks but more hands-on stuff.
 
This year we plan to have a children’s tent and so we need more children’s activities. Ashleigh is designing a coloring book based on some of my photos and is also working on making buttons. We can have story telling around theme of bees and pollinators and beekeeping. Would love to let kids try on equipment – anyone have stuff to lend? What other cool kids’ things can we do? We will also have the scavenger hunt from last year and that was popular with both kids and adults!
 
Jim Williams has agreed to do a talk on the basics of beekeeping. Jim, you might want to do this talk twice, or maybe you do it once and someone else does it later. What do you think?
 
I will be giving tours of the pollinator garden that we have planted at Chatham Mills.
 
Don Hopkins will be bringing the bee cage and we can have a few sessions in there.
 
We need beekeepers to bring books, equipment, products from the hive, anything that helps promote beekeeping and is good for show and tell.
 
I look forward to hearing from you guys – please email me if you want to help and/or have ideas!
 
Thanks,
Debbie
 
 
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent 
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
919.542.8202
debbie_roos AT ncsu.edu
www.growingsmallfarms.org
 



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