• This class is rain or shine, so please dress in layers and always bring a rain layer, gloves and hat at this time of year. Our Garden Classroom is a covered space, so we’ll be dry for our beekeeping lesson and craft no matter what.
• In addition to learning and seeing the bees, we will also have hands-on time with friendly mason bees. We will be sending you home with the supplies needed to invite mason bees to your own backyard, balcony or “back 40.”
• Though we have a low-risk (tremendously low) of being stung by any garden insect, if you or a family member have a known allergy to bees, this is not the program for you.
• Due to the content and pace of this program, we are listing the suggested age of participation as 5 years and up.
• Infants (under one year) worn in a baby backpack, sling, or baby-wearing device or in a stroller and attended by the caregiver are also welcome with you, no ticket needed for an infant.
• Please remember our campus policy is ‘no dogs unless they are a service animal.’
• We always cap off our programs with a sweet treat of our homemade cookies too, which we will enjoy at the end during a storytime.

This class will be led by our Sr. Naturalist, Christina Woolf, our Garden Manager, Mel Church, and our volunteer beekeeper, Charles Schafer. Christina and Charles have been working together for over a decade, and we can’t wait to reveal the secret life of bees to you! They sure are sweet.