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  • From: Chris Apple <chrisapple1231 AT gmail.com>
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  • Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 15:56:14 -0400


Check out the NC Botanical Garden's pollinator program!

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From: Allison Savicz <ASavicz AT w5insight.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:29 AM
Subject: NC Botanical Garden: Bee-Hold the Humble Pollinator Native Bee Exhibit Opens June 15
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Bee-Hold the Humble Pollinator Exhibit Opens June 15; Reception June 28

Highlighting the Importance of Native Bees; Part of Four-Month Saving our Pollinators Program Series

Media Contact: Allison Savicz

(919) 923-2791; asavicz AT w5insight.com

www.ncbg.unc.edu/pollinators

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 4, 2015

 

Chapel Hill, NC —The North Carolina Botanical Garden (NCBG) is pleased to present Bee-Hold the Humble Pollinator an exhibit illustrating the importance of our native bees opening June 15 through October 3, 2015 at the Pegg Exhibit Hall of the Allen Education Center.

 

Part of the NCBG’s four-month program series, Saving our Pollinators, this educational exhibit of eleven illustrated panels presents concise facts both about the introduced honey bee and our many native bees emphasizing the special importance of bees as pollinators Information is included on bee biology, flowers that attract bees, threats to bee survival, and ways to encourage bees to nest in our gardens and public spaces.

 

Designed by North Carolina State University entomologists Elsa Youngsteadt, Margarita Lopez-Uribe, and April Hamblin, and botanist Anne Lindsey, this exhibit examines the benefits of our bee pollinators and concerns for their future. Bee-Hold the Humble Pollinator introduces the amazing diversity of our native bees, their nesting habits, floral feeding behavior, and their primary importance to the pollination of both our native flowers and our crops. The exhibit also explores the causes of their extreme population reduction and simple, effective remedies we can all employ to save our native bees.

 

Saving Our Pollinators features 29 events, including displays, workshops, tours, discussions, and classes that illustrate challenges and offer solutions to secure a stable future for pollinators, a group that includes bees, flies, butterflies, and moths.

“Bees are an invaluable pollination resource, pollinating an estimated 8 percent of all flowering plants and 75 percent of the fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the US; one out of four bites of food we eat is by courtesy of bee pollination,” said Dr. Anne Lindsey.

Bee-Hold the Humble Pollinator: Native Bee Exhibit

June 15-October 3, 2015; free and open to the public

Pegg Exhibit Hall Allen Education Center

North Carolina Botanical Garden 100 Old Mason Farm Road Chapel Hill NC

 

Exhibit Reception

Sunday, June 28; 4:30–5:30pm; free and open to the public

Kickoff the Bee-Hold the Humble Pollinators exhibit with Garden friends, discover beautiful native bees you didn’t know existed, and learn how to encourage bees in your pollinator gardens.

 

For the complete Saving Our Pollinators schedule and event registration: www.ncbg.unc.edu/pollinators/

 

 

Saving Our Pollinators NCBG Partnering Organizations

Sponsored by Burt’s Bees Greater Good Foundation

Additional support from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, NC State Parks, Town of Carrboro (Bee City), Xerces Society, UNC Biology, UNC Institute of the Environment, Environment North Carolina, Friends of Bolin Creek, Eno River Association, New Hope Audubon, Fifth Season, Southern States, Niche Gardens, Orange County BeeKeepers, and Bee Downtown Durham

 

About the North Carolina Botanical Garden

The North Carolina Botanical Garden, part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a 1,000-acre assemblage of display gardens and natural areas and is nationally known as a center for the study, display, interpretation and conservation of plants. Educational, recreational, therapeutic horticulture and research programs extend opportunities for connection with nature to people of all abilities and backgrounds. Open seven days a week and admission is free.

 

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100 Old Mason Farm Road • Chapel Hill NC 27517 • ncbg.unc.edu/pollinators/

 

 


Attachment: NCBG Saving Our Pollinators Program Schedule Jun-Oct 2015 updated.pdf
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