"Life With the Hives -- Not Always the Bees' Knees!"

KGA ANNUAL MEETING AND PROGRAM:
“Life With the Hives -- Not Always the Bees’ Knees!”

Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 7:30 PM
Kingston Firehouse, 6 Heathcote Road, Kingston

Did you know:

--That beekeeping goes back 7000 years?
--That to stay warm in winter, bees cluster together in the top of the hive, where it’s the warmest, near their food stores? They keep warm by rotating positions in the cluster, the outsiders flexing their muscles to create heat for the insiders, while they all slowly rotate positions.
--That honey, unlike sugar that provides food for decay-causing microbes, has antibiotic properties?
--That a queen bee lays 1000 to 1500 eggs a day?
--That if a queen bee dies or is removed from a hive, worker bees create a new queen?
--That bees perform buzz pollination, also called sonification, in about 8% of flowering plants—including blueberries, eggplants, and chilies?
--That in the US and around the globe, bees are threatened by loss of foraging habitat and by the use of pesticides, especially those called neonicotinoids?

Learn more about the fascinating world of bees and beekeeping from Dennis Rittenhouse, the Small Bee Steward, at our annual meeting. The meeting is open to all, and refreshments will be served.

For more about the Small Bee Steward, visit: http://www.thesmallbeesteward.com/

For more about Kingston Greenways Association, visit: http://kingstongreenways.org/