According to M.E.N. ...
"Our friends at YourGardenShow.com and The Great Sunflower Project are pulling together a variety of bee experts — from beekeepers to academics to environmentalists — to discuss the importance of bees and the critical challenges of colony collapse disorder... Bee-a-Thon 2011 will be a fun, interactive event featuring top experts in science, horticulture, conservation and education. People can tune-in to Bee-a-Thon anytime throughout the day from living rooms, gardens, mobile devices and “backyard bee parties” all over the world, to listen in and ask questions in real time."
To register for the event visit You Garden Show.
Then, you can join the bee count at The Great Sunflower Project!
Have a bee-autiful weekend and I'll see you tomorrow for the Preparedness Challenge!
I have yet to venture into bee keeping...but I am keeping quite a bit of my lavender to dry out in their stems so that the bees can have some food :)
ReplyDeleteThese little friends have made my garden thrive...
Thanks for sharing,
Maria
That sounds interesting. You'll have to write about the experience in one of your future posts. I think I'll let someone else raise the bees. I'll happily buy honey from a local farmer, though :) :) There's a lady here at the local farmer's market who sells organic honey. Now, I don't know if it's raw or not...but I think there's a difference. She said it has all the natural enzymes and stuff that comes from eating honey right off the comb :) I'm really thinking about tryng some of that. Plus she makes some really cool beeswax candles in all different shapes.
ReplyDeleteLove and hugs from Oregon, Heather :)
Awesome! Beekeeping is on the list for next spring so I'm all registered and ready to learn.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this event Amy!!! I can't wait to get my bees next year. In the mean time I want to learn all I can about them. This will be a great source. Thanks again!!
ReplyDeleteAmy, thanks for keeping us up-to-date on this topic. We'll grab a copy of M.E.N. periodically when we're at the grocery store (though the name makes me want to wear a tie-die shirt!). Did you replace the colonies that you lost?
ReplyDeleteShelley, they've all sold out of bees until next year, so no. I 'll have to order next January. Thanks for asking!
ReplyDeleteI learned from my mother that my grandfather used to be a bee keeper in Puerto Rico. To bad I never got to really know him as he died when I was very young. Don't think I will take up bee keeping but I am interested in raising chickens probably not legal here in my town. Although I have heard more and more townships are allowing it, it is changing slowly.
ReplyDeleteAutumn Blues Reviews, you should organize those in your community to change the chicken rules. I just did that in my own community and TODAY the board voted and approved my recommendations!! YAHOO!!!!!
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