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Join us on Thursday, July 24 from 5pm to 8pm and take pollinators under your wing
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People of all ages are invited to join bees, scientists, beekeepers, musicians, artists, food purveyors and a host of exhibitors at The Pollinator Party. This FREE event - back for the first time since 2019! - celebrates the life and work of honey bees, native bees and other pollinators.
What: Activities, food, music and much more
- This year we’re celebrating the bees and the birds: Take pollinators under your wing!
- Learn about wild bees and honey bees
- Picnic in the park: food for purchase from Taco Taxi
- Live music from Zaq Baker & Corzine, and the Brass Messengers
- Kids can collect stamps from exhibitors to earn a cone of ice cream made with honey (adults may purchase!)
- Meet a bird of prey from the U of MN Raptor Center
- Discover the wild bees of the park – go on a pollinator walk with Heather Holm
- Make art with folks from the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
- Make pollinator seed bombs with Monarch Joint Venture
- Get up close with honey bees: search for the queen bee in an observation hive
- Go birding with Rob Blair (some binoculars available to share)
- Learn about Bee Lawns with Metro Blooms
- Learn how to help our endangered state bee with the U of MN Pollinator Ambassadors
Plus hands-on learning from many more exhibitors, including:
Bell Museum, Xerces Society, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MN Hobby Beekeepers, Starry Skies North, MN Bird Coalition, Prairie Restorations, Inc., Pollinator Friendly Alliance, MN Native Bees, MN Environmental Quality Board, Metro Mosquito Control District, Krischik Lab and Butterfly Lab from the University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis Parks Gardeners, MN Seed Project, MetroBlooms/Blue Thumb, Oh, Beehave! Goods, Threadmancer Embroidery
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MPRB thanks our partner, the University of Minnesota Bee Lab, for co-hosting the Pollinator Party |
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