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Re: [ocba] Beekeeping a hit with middle schoolers!
- From: John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com>
- To: "ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>, "Fadem, Bronwyn Elizabeth" <bfadem AT live.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Beekeeping a hit with middle schoolers!
- Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 15:30:57 -0400
Thank you, Bronwyn, for volunteering for this event. I agree, the kids were great. Very interested, very enthusiastic, and more knowledgeable about honey bees than I expected of 4th and 5th graders. I want to let everyone know that OCBA has an observation hive that members can borrow. I've attached a picture below - without bees. If you want to borrow it, plan ahead. Contact Chris Apple or me and we'll track it down for you so that you can arrange to use it. It is a great attention getter if you are making a presentation to a school group, scout group, or any other group. It holds one deep frame of bees. Last year Randall advised me that it is best if you can find a frame with emerging brood, open brood, pollen, nectar and capped honey. Not always an easy-to-find combination, but if you can do it it makes for a great teaching tool. It worked great today. Only thing missing was the queen. I decided to spare her the trauma. John Rintoul (919) 414-4071 No trees or bees were killed in the distribution of this message, but countless electrons were seriously inconvenienced.
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[ocba] Beekeeping a hit with middle schoolers!,
Fadem, Bronwyn Elizabeth, 05/03/2017
- Re: [ocba] Beekeeping a hit with middle schoolers!, John Rintoul, 05/03/2017
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