National Pollinator Week

Come hear presentations about beekeeping - how to get started, equipment needs, management tips - from local beekeepers. Tour Cooperative Extension's Pollinator Garden at Chatham Mills and learn how to attract and protect pollinators. From 10:00 am-2:00 pm on Saturday June 26th, feel free to visit the display tables and talk with local beekeepers!!

Watch expert beekeepers work an actual hive inside a bee cage (bees inside, participants outside!), see honey bees up close and personal, and get your burning beekeeping questions answered.

Visit our kids' tent with lots of activities for kids including pollinator story time, scavenger hunt, beeswax candle making, Chatham County pollinator coloring books, papermaking, and more! Watch "Bee TV" - park yourself in front of an observation hive and watch the worker bees attending the queen. It's mesmerizing! Meet our local Chatham County beekeepers and learn all about what it takes to produce the nutritious and delicious local honey available at Chatham Marketplace. We will have beekeeping equipment and products from the hive for "show and tell". View the complete schedule and get all the details on the Growing Small Farms website at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/2010pollinatorweek.html