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2012 Exploring Nature in Chatham Series Continues: Bees and Pollinator Gardens

2012 Exploring Nature in Chatham Series Continues: Bees and Pollinator Gardens

Join Chatham Extension Agent Debbie Roos and Chatham County Beekeepers Association, Saturday, June 30, 2pm - 4pm, for a special look at the wonderful world of bees and pollinator gardens. See honey bees in a hive and learn about their life cycle and beekeeping.

Tour guides will discuss the importance of bees and pollination and show plants that attract bees and other pollinators. Marvel at a honey bee in hive experience at the Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) campus in Pittsboro, then tour Cooperative Extension’s demonstration Pollinator Garden at Chatham Marketplace.

The beekeeper will use a "bee cage" which is a screen wire enclosure for a hive of bees. Participants will stay on the outside of the bee cage so there is no need to wear protective clothing.

Register for this event, 919.545.8044 through CCCC Continuing Education.

CCCC's Ecotourism program offered at the Pittsboro campus is the first of its kind in the state, designed to prepare individuals for employment opportunities as ecological tour guides, interpreters, or entrepreneurs. The program creation was led by the Pittsboro-Siler City Convention & Visitors Bureau, for which the CVB won an Innovation Award from the Destination Marketing Association of North Carolina. Ecotourism is travel to natural areas that focuses on local natural resources while also fostering environmental awareness.

Chatham Conservation Partnership (CCP) is a broad-based group of organizations and individuals with a common interest in conservation in Chatham County. CCP's mission is to develop and implement strategies for a community conservation vision that builds awareness, protection, and stewardship of Chatham County's natural resources. CCP has created an innovative new tool, the Comprehensive Conservation Plan, to help with identification and conservation of Chatham's natural resources. This plan is the first of its kind created for a county in North Carolina and serves as a model for other counties.