NATIVE BEES AND POLLINATORS

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Join Bonnie Zand on a 1.5 hour walk around the airpark, learning about the diversity of native bees and other pollinators found on the native flowers present in the park. From fuzzy bumble bees to tiny sweat bees to buzzing bee mimicking hover flies, as long as the weather cooperates we will be able to see many examples of how flower diversity drives pollinator diversity, as well as examples of important habitat features for nesting and overwintering of our essential native pollinators.

Bonnie Zand is an RPBio based out of the Comox Valley. She works in the intersections of pollinators and agriculture, running an IPM consulting company and leading the Pollinators in Vancouver Island Agriculture Project. Bonnie is also a board member of the Native Bee Society of BC and is the BC instructor for the Master Melittologist Program. In her free time she plants for native bees, and raises goats, garlic and an eight year old on her hobby farm.”

This will be a short flat walk on paved path.  No dogs please!  This is a free event but donations to CVN are welcome.