CCC Becomes a Bee Campus USA Affiliate

 

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Coconino Community College has joined the ranks of becoming an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program. The program helps gather the strengths of educational campuses like CCC for the benefit of pollinators, and the college joins other cities and campuses across the country to improve their landscapes for pollinators.

“CCC’s students, faculty and staff are champions for sustainable environmental practices,” said Dr. Christal Albrecht, Interim President. “Becoming a Bee Campus USA affiliate is a natural fit for our college located in beautiful northern Arizona.”

 I am so excited that CCC has committed to becoming an active affiliate of Bee Campus USA,” said Janan Scott, CCC Purchasing Specialist Senior and Master Gardener. “I really feel like it’s a harmonic convergence. Our school garden at the Lone Tree campus is thriving with native pollinator-friendly plants. We’re already a pesticide-free school, our faculty is excited to incorporate pollinator-focused projects into their curriculum, we have the full support of our Facilities department, and our Community Education program is looking forward to expanding offerings to include pollinator education and workshops.”

 

Scott added that it takes cooperation college wide to make a program like Bee Campus USA a success and that pollinator conservation is an excellent common goal for the whole college to work toward.

Beekeeping and Bee Caring

The Bees' Knees: Beekeeping and Bee Caring Basics with the Northern Arizona Organic BeeKeepers Association In-Person

Celebrate Earth Day at Flagstaff Public Library!

Join us for a talk and demonstration (without bees) on what is involved beekeeping and caring for the bees in our environment through flowering plant, honeybee, and other pollinator relationships. Check out two types of hives while learning what is needed to open your own hives and to work with bees. There's something in this talk for people of all ages, and whether you want to keep your own bees or learn more about how your garden, yard, and natural environment can support bees. Presented by local organic top bar beekeeper Dr. Patrick Pynes and the Northern Arizona Organic Beekeepers Association. Bring sunscreen or a sun hat, water, and a blanket or camping chairs to sit in the grass!

 

This talk will be presented outside on the North side of the library, weather permitting.

 

To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, please call 928-213-2331. Three days prior notice is requested.

Date:

Friday, April 22, 2022

Time:

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Registration is required. There are 9 seats available. 

https://flagstaffpubliclibrary.libcal.com/event/8998304

 

Swarm with Patrick Pynes

From NAU  Sustainability Dept.

Our friend Patrick Pynes is honoring the new spring season with an upcoming event he calls SWARM. Come learn about bees, honey, sexuality, democracy and more! See his description below for details.

SWARM

Behold!! A SWARM of honeybees in springtime, one of the most powerful and “terrifying” forces of Nature. 5,000 or more bees and their mother (the queen) boil out of their home and go searching for a new one, leaving half of their sisters and a virgin queen behind.

For humans, honeybee SWARMS can provoke biophilia (love for the rest of Nature) and/or biophobia (fear of the rest of Nature), although SWARMS don’t sting.

But what IS a SWARM really? And what can beekeepers do to encourage/discourage SWARMS and to catch or harvest them? Butterflies are free, and so are SWARMS.

SWARMS have everything to do with springtime, with wild sexuality and the sun, multiple partners, and rainbow-colored flowers; and with Democracy, intelligence, and fishing, but not for fish.

In this two hour presentation and workshop, local organic top bar beekeeper Dr. Patrick Pynes of Honeybeeteacher LLC will teach you everything that you’ve wanted to know about SWARMS, but were afraid to ask. Music, photographs, and video included. Local raw honey for sampling and sale.

Audience limited to 10-12 people who will meet outdoors, or in a well-ventilated building, if the weather is too cold or windy.

Date: Saturday, April 10, 2021, ten a.m. to noon.

Place: The Center for Organic Beekeeping (COB) in Slayton Ranch/Doney Park, Arizona, near Flagstaff.

Tuition: 20 dollars suggested donation, more or less, depending upon your circumstances.

To RSVP/Directions: Write to Patrick at this e-mail address: honeybeeteacher@gmail.com, or send a text message to (928) 600-1193.

“First Come, First Served.” Children, young people, and elders welcome

Webinar - Using a Pesticide Label to Protect Bees

Advanced Training Webinars You are receiving this email because you have previously attended an OSU Extension Master Gardener webinar.  If you are not interested in receiving these monthly reminders, you can unsubscribe here.

“First Look” Reading a Pesticide Label to Protect Bees May 30 @11am PT   Join us for a special offering in the Master Gardener Advanced Training webinar series. “First Look” invites OSU students to share their research projects and results with Master Gardeners. Matthew Bucy, an undergraduate research assistant for OSU Pollinator Health Extension, will explain how to read a pesticide label to protect bees. He will cover where to find pollinator information on the label, and will explain what the label language actually means. Finally, he will cover how his honors thesis showed that many labels deviate from EPA-recommendations in their communication of this information, and he will explain why this can make label comprehension difficult. Matthew will be joined by Dr. Andony Melathopoulos (OSU Dept of Horticulture, Pollinator Health Extension) for the Q&A portion. Pre-register here->>>

Daily Sun Article from Sunday About Bees

The buzz on native bees

                

mason bee

Photo courtesy of USGS

This is a penstemon-loving mason bee found in cooler, wetter climates. Mason bees are native to northern Arizona and, because of the microhairs on its body, a more efficient pollinator than the non-native honeybee. Photo courtesy of USGS

                

2014-11-08                                                
The buzz on native bees

By KAILEY ROBERTS
Special to the Daily Sun Arizona Daily Sun

22 hours ago

 

Here is a teaser from the Daily Sun. Check on the rest of the article from Sunday's paper.

http://azdailysun.com/news/local/the-buzz-on-native-bees/article_95e797ae-9d1b-5d78-8fe5-9a4eef84d75d.html

Loni Shapiro