Bees and Pollination

Bee pollinators are essential to our environment. The service they provide is essential for the production of more than two-thirds of the world's crop species. This includes not only products of our backyard gardens, like apples and squash, but also things like alfalfa seed-creating forage sources for America's meat and dairy industries.  Bee pollinators include honey bees and the many beautiful species of native bees that often go unnoticed.  Come learn about the fascinating biology of the different bees, and what you can do to help them stay healthy.

Offered by the Minnesota Project’s Fruits of the City Program and hosted by Bachman's

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

 6:30-8:00 PM

   Bachman’s Heritage Room

   6010 Lyndale Ave South

                      Minneapolis, MN  55419

About the Presenter: Marla Spivak is a distinguished McKnight Professor of Apiculture and Social Insects with the Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota where she is developing practical applications to protect honey bee populations from decimation by disease while making fundamental contributions to our understanding of bee biology. She is the author and creator of numerous beekeeping manuals and videos, and her scientific articles have appeared in such journals as the Journal of Neurobiology (now Developmental Neurobiology), Evolution, Apidologie, and Animal Behavior.