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SUMMARY:Pinellas County Fall Wildflower & Pollinator Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Fall Wildflower and Pollinator Festival returns this year with a day of fun for the whole family! On Saturday October 7 from 9:00 to 4:00 you can celebrate Florida Wildflowers and the Pollinators that support us all. A native plant sale will feature vendors from our area with plants that are beautiful\, pollinator-friendly and best suited for our climate. Kid’s crafts will focus on make-and-take projects to support pollinators in our own yards and neighborhoods. There will be a Pollinator Encounter tent to experience these helpful\, harmless insects close-up\, thanks to our friends at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville. Various organizations will be available to answer questions about growing wildflowers\, attracting pollinators\, and being a good friend to Nature in Pinellas County! Refreshments\, music and more await you at this free event. Pinellas County Wildflower and Pollinator Festival. Saturday\, October 7\, 2023. 9:00 – 4:00. Brooker Creek Preserve\, 3940 Keystone Road\, Tarpon Springs\, FL 34688.
URL:https://beecityusa.org/event/pinellas-county-fall-wildflower-pollinator-festival/
LOCATION:Brooker Creek Preserve\, 3940 Keystone Road\, Tarpon Springs\, FL\, 34688\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pinellas County Parks and Conservation Resources":MAILTO:parks@pinellas.gov
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SUMMARY:In the Life of Bees: Nesting in Darkness
DESCRIPTION:This event will be recorded and posted to: The Xerces Youtube Channel\n\n\n\n\nWhen you think of bees\, you probably imagine the things they do on sunny days\, like flying around and pollinating flowers. But this is only half of the story\, as most of the 20\,000 species of bees found around the world nest belowground\, and spend the majority of their lives in darkness. What are they doing underground? How do they navigate their burrows and communicate with other bees? What happens when it rains? There are many interesting questions surrounding this lifestyle\, and also plenty of uncertainties remaining to be resolved about subterranean living. In this webinar\, we will learn about the diversity of ways that bees live and reproduce belowground\, and we’ll ponder some of those unsolved mysteries. We’ll also talk about how the belowground lifestyle affects threats to bees\, such as exposure to pesticides and pathogens. This webinar will cover some bees you may be familiar with\, such as bumble bees\, but we’ll be focusing our time on soil-nesters who we generally know less about\, including the many solitary bees that do not live in colonies. \nThis webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar. \n\nLeif Richardson – Conservation Biologist & California Bumble Bee Atlas – Xerces Society\nLeif is a conservation biologist who coordinates the California Bumble Bee Atlas project. His research focuses on the ecology\, distribution\, and declines of North American bumble bees. Leif previously worked as an environmental consultant\, studying pesticide risk to bee pollinators\, and as an ecologist for Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. He is co-author of a range of scientific publications on bees\, including Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide (2014\, Princeton University Press)\, the standard reference manual on this group of insects. He is an expert in the inventory and identification of bumble bees\, and has extensive experience training others to collect bumble bee distribution data in the field. Leif holds a Master’s degree from the University of Arizona and a PhD from Dartmouth College.
URL:https://beecityusa.org/event/in-the-life-of-bees-nesting-in-darkness/
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SUMMARY:28th Annual Symbolic Monarch Migration to Mexico with Bee City USA - Hendersonville
DESCRIPTION:From the Hendersonville area\, the monarch migration is an epic journey to Mexico covering at least 2\,000 miles. Like clockwork\, the first migrating monarchs typically reach their over-wintering habitats high in the mountains of central Mexico by the first of November. To celebrate this amazing feat\, more than 10\,000 children from across the United States and Canada will participate in the 28th annual Symbolic Monarch Migration by creating paper butterflies to send to Mexico for the winter. Local classrooms\, youth organizations\, and individual students are invited to join them. \nThese symbolic butterflies will correspond with the living monarchs’ actual journey south … and as the real-life monarchs arrive in Mexico for the winter\, the symbolic butterflies will be delivered to schools in the area of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. Sometime in spring after the living monarchs’ departure from Mexico\, groups of paper butterflies will also return north carrying special messages from the students in Mexico. United by the monarch butterfly\, children across North America learn authentic lessons of conservation\, cooperation\, and ambassadorship. \nAs funding allows\, any group (up to 30 participants) of youth located within the City of Hendersonville and/or Henderson County may take part in the program at no cost. Individual students who are not part of a registered classroom or group may also participate at no charge by creating a paper butterfly and mailing or delivering it to Bullington Gardens by Friday\, October 20\, 2023 (95 Upper Red Oak Trail\, Hendersonville 28792).
URL:https://beecityusa.org/event/28th-annual-symbolic-monarch-migration-to-mexico-with-bee-city-usa-hendersonville/
LOCATION:Hendersonville\, NC\, 95 Upper Red Oak Trail\, Hendersonville\, NC\, 28792\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bee City & Bee Campus USA Virtual Affiliate Meetup: Southeast Region
DESCRIPTION:Join Laurie Hamon\, Xerces Society’s Endangered Species Conservation Biologist for a short presentation on the Southeastern Bee Atlas\, followed by an extended Q&A and group discussion with Laurie and Bee City and Bee Campus USA National Coordinator Laura Rost. This is an opportunity to share your successes\, ask for advice\, and connect with your fellow affiliate cities and campuses. \nFeel free to join us if you are a Bee City or Bee Campus affiliate in Alabama\, Arkansas\, Florida\, Georgia\, Kentucky\, Louisiana\, Mississippi\, North Carolina\, Puerto Rico\, South Carolina\, Tennessee\, Virginia\, and West Virginia. \nMore regional meetings to come! \nThis free Bee City USA webinar is hosted by Xerces Society and will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel on the Bee City USA playlist. Auto-generated Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar. \n  \n  \nLaurie Hamon\nEndangered Species Conservation Biologist\nThe Xerces Society \nLaurie is the project manager for the Southeast Bumble Bee Atlas\, a community science project to track and conserve bumble bees in North Carolina\, South Carolina\, Georgia\, and Tennessee. She earned her PhD at North Carolina State University\, where she conducted her thesis on the pollination ecology of Venus flytraps. She has conducted survey work for multiple rare insect species and investigated insect communities in urban pollinator gardens. Laurie has previous experience coordinating a community science project to monitor butterflies at a biological reserve in Chapel Hill\, North Carolina. When the work day ends\, Laurie enjoys making art and spending time outdoors. \nHeader Photo Credit: Bee Campus East Carolina University\, NC
URL:https://beecityusa.org/event/bee-city-bee-campus-usa-virtual-affiliate-meetup-southeast/
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