Native Bees Need Native Plants

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
7:00pm
Killmeyer’s Old Bavaria Inn
4254 Arthur Kill Road, 10309

The New York Bee Club’s Staten Island chapter will be featuring a talk by Lenny Librizzi on how important native plants are for supporting native bees.

Lenny is an experienced beekeeper and native plant expert, and serves on the board of the Native Plant Society of Staten Island.

Event admission is free for dues-paying members of the Native Plant Society of Staten Island or the New York Bee Club, and $10 for the general public.

For more, read Lenny’s article on native beekeeping.

(Photo courtesy Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 2.0)

 

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