Anita Rieder on the Bee & Pollinator Discovery Center
Our Program on St Patrick’s Day (March 17 for the unknowing) was presented by Anita Rieder who works at the Arboretum. Her talk was designed t.jpg)
o inform us about the new Bee and Pollinator Discovery Center at the Arboretum in Chanhassen.
o inform us about the new Bee and Pollinator Discovery Center at the Arboretum in Chanhassen.Our club has been ahead of others as far as the declining bee population. Chris Lizee’s niece had a bee project we supported at Camp Tanadoona, and now the University of Minnesota and its Arboretum are setting up a bee center in Chanhassen. The basic research efforts are at the St. Paul Campus, but the public information and interaction center will be on the Arboretum grounds. There is a three-phase project initiated, with the first phase almost done.
The first phase is a classroom/laboratory near the red barn on the arboretum grounds. The area will be used by classes that come to the site, where the staff will teach them about bees and their value to humans.
Our club has made three grants to help re-establish the bee populations in our area. For more information about the “U’s” program, internet address is www.beeSquad.mn.edu.