LIFE OF BEES

August 8: LIFE OF BEES.  Location: Williamsburg Botanical Garden, (inside Freedom Park Interpretive Center if rain), 10:00 a.m., open to the public, $5 donation requested.  Description:

Did you know that of the 900 THOUSAND kinds of insects that we know of, only ONE insect makes food for humans? The food is honey, and the insect is the honey bee. Come take a closer look at the honey bee–we promise–you won’t get stung! Children can find out how a bee colony gathers its food, pollinates OUR food, raises its baby bees, survives cold winters, and swarms to a brand new home. Instructors: Pam Burton and other beekeepers from the Colonial Beekeepers Association. Registration required by emailing sherrypat2@yahoo.com.