[Pollinator] This Weekend - Bee Palooza 2012 at Michigan State University

[Emily May]

To help celebrate National Pollinator week, Michigan State
University’s Department of Entomology and the Horticultural
Demonstration Gardens are hosting Bee Palooza 2012 on Saturday, June
23. This will be a FREE and kid-friendly event!

WHAT TO EXPECT: An afternoon of education and fun for all who are
interested in learning more about pollinators and what we can do to
help them. Short educational demonstration sessions will be held every
half hour starting at 1pm in various parts of the garden (pick up a
map at the info booth at the entrance). You will learn about some of
the many different species of native bees that live in Michigan, the
important role of bees in food production, how to design your garden
to attract and support pollinators, and how to build a native bee
hotel.

Especially for kids, a short self-guided pollinator scavenger hunt
will be available between 1 and 4pm (pick up your first clue at the
info booth to the gardens), storytelling (at 1:30 and 2pm), and
pollinator-themed face painting! Fun musical entertainment will be
underway from 2-3.

LOCATION: MSU Horticultural Demonstration Gardens on the southwest
side of Bogue Street and Wilson Road on the MSU campus in East
Lansing, Michigan. TIME: 1-4pm. This event is weather-dependent and
will be cancelled in the event of rain.

Find the event on Facebook: “MSU Bee-palooza 2012!”