Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 22:49:23 -0400
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: 6th Annual Pollinator Day Saturday!
Come join the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension and the Chatham County Beekeepers’ Association for our 6th Annual Pollinator Day Celebration on Saturday, May 12, from 10:00 am til 2:00 pm on the lawn at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro. The purpose of Pollinator Day is to raise public awareness of the importance of the bees and other pollinators that are needed to produce 80 percent of our flowering plants and one third of our food crops.
For more information and a schedule of events go to http://bit.ly/pollday
We have a great program planned for folks of all ages: you can hear presentations about beekeeping and learn all about what it takes to produce the delicious local honey available at Chatham Marketplace. We will have beekeeping equipment and products from the hive for “show and tell”.
Tour Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Garden at Chatham Mills and learn how to attract and protect bees and other pollinators.
We will also be giving away plants and gift certificates donated by local nurseries Mellow Marsh Farm, Cure Nursery, Niche Gardens, and Big Bloomers!
Watch expert beekeepers work an actual hive inside a bee cage, see honey bees up close and personal, and get your burning beekeeping questions answered.
Ever tried honey wine? Co-sponsors Starrlight Mead will be doing mead tastings and a mead making demonstration. Visitors can also visit the meadery where they produce their award-winning honey wines on the Chatham Mills property!
We’ll have lots of activities for kids including a plant-a-pollinator-plant, beeswax candle making, face painting, balloon pollinators, Chatham County pollinator coloring books, and more! Watch “Bee TV” – park yourself in front of an observation hive and watch the worker bees tending to the queen. It’s mesmerizing!
Many thanks to Starrlight Mead, Country Farm & Home Supply, Mellow Marsh Farm, Cure Nursery, Niche Gardens, and Big Bloomers for their support of this event!
All Pollinator Week Events are free and open to the public. This event will be held rain or shine. The forecast is currently calling for beautiful weather on Saturday!
For more information and a schedule of events go to http://bit.ly/pollday
For more information on pollinator conservation, visit the Growing
Small Farms website at
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I hope to see you Saturday, rain or shine!
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
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