The Lyme Land Conservation Trust will present a program on “Our Friends, the Honey Bees,” on April 6, at 2 p.m. at the Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Road.
John Pritchard and Kiernan Wholean, Directors of the Lyme Land Trust, will present the program.
Honey Bees are our most interesting, important and challenged insect helpers. One mouthful in three of our diet benefits from honey bee pollination directly or indirectly. But bee colonies have been collapsing at an alarming rate in the past two decades for unknown reasons.
Pritchard and Wholean, both beekeepers and bee enthusiasts themselves, will describe the rudiments of how to start a beehive and explain the fascinating life cycle and abilities of the honey bee, their importance to our food supply and the threats they face today.
This program is not intended for small children but should be of interest to teens.