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Science Sunday: Build a Bee House


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 04/15/2018
A drop-in program designed for children aged 4 and up and their families. Participants will explore simple science concepts and subjects while partaking in fun, kid-friendly experiments, projects and crafts inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions.

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A drop-in program at the Bruce Museum on Sunday, April 15, 1 - 3 pm, designed for children aged 4 and up and their families. Participants will explore simple science concepts and subjects while partaking in fun, kid-friendly experiments, projects and crafts inspired by the Museum’s collections and exhibitions.  This program is free with general admission and no advance registration is required. 

 

Build a Bee House is being held in conjunction with the exhibition Wild Bees: Photographs by Paula Sharp and Ross Eatman, which features exquisite color photographs of native bees in their natural habitats, along with an exploration of their varied lifestyles. The photographs are part of an ongoing wild bee project undertaken by photojournalist and writer Paula Sharp and nature photographer Ross Eatman, who began documenting wild bees inhabiting New York's Rockefeller State Park Preserve and neighboring Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in 2014. Their lenses capture in beautiful detail the tremendous variety of shapes, colors and sizes of the insects. The essential role bees play in our planet’s health also comes into view.

Wild bees are important pollinators of wildflowers, garden flowers and commercial crops including fruit trees, berries, melons and garden vegetables. Although domesticated honeybees often are used to pollinate cultivated plants, wild bees are able to pollinate many flowers and crops that honey bees cannot. 

The exhibition will include spectacular views of a variety of pinned bee specimens magnified by a video microscope, as well as three detailed, enlarged models of wild bees, an interactive bee Identification guide, and examples of a few wild bee homes. 


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Organization:

Bruce Museum

Location:

1 Museum Drive
Greenwich, CT, 06830
United States

Phone:

203-869-0376
Contact name: 
Bruce Museum
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
04/15/2018
Time: 
1 - 3 pm
Price: 
Free with general admission

Ages

4-5 years 6-8 years