Honey Bees, Flowers, and Pollination: We Need the Bees! @ William Hall
Honey bees are essential for our food supply, but they are endangered due to our widespread use of pesticides. Your understanding of the importance of bees can make a difference. Learn how hives work, how bees keep busy throughout the year, how best to manage your garden to attract bees and keep them thriving, and how to help spread the word: no bees, no food. This presentation comes just in time to celebrate World Bee Day on May 20.
Free and open to the public. Registration is not required but those who register at least three days prior to the event will receive an email reminder. Register below or contact the library for assistance.
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at RI College where she established Beehives for Public Education on campus and where one of the two annual Bee Schools in RI are held. She has been a beekeeper since 2003 and has given an annual lecture at Brown University's Center for Environmental Studies as well as lectures for the general public in RI and NH. She and her husband Richard maintain beehives on Fort Avenue in Pawtuxet Village.
- Date:
- Saturday, May 16, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Contact:
- Zach Berger; 401781-2450; zach@cranstonlibrary.org
- Location:
- Auditorium
- Branch:
- William Hall Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Community Craft & Hobby Health & Wellness > Healthy Families Science