I Speak for the Bees

 I Speak for Bees with Gail Howe Trenholm

Sunday,  May 1, 2016 at 1pm

 There are over 200,000 different species of animals in the world that act as pollinators. Of these about 1000 are vertebrates like birds, bats and small animals. The real workhorses are the 199,000 invertebrates that achieve the majority of our crop pollination. Everyone knows about honey bees, but many people don’t know they are not native. The unsung heroes are our native bees, wasps, beetles, butterflies, moths, and even flies. 

 Gail will provide an introduction and simple overview of the various characteristics of these families of insects with emphasis on the more important pollinators. She is a self-taught naturalist who recently has developed a passion for our native bees and providing habitat both in her own yard and throughout Oakville, ON.

Gail Howe Trenholm is both a Master Naturalist and Founder and President of Nature Visits Inc., an environmental education organization in Toronto, Ontario. Prior to moving to Canada she was Conservation Coordinator at Massachusetts Audubon's Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary in Worcester. She was an active member of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club, and recently presented on pollinators and bee hotel design at the Massachusetts Environmental Educators Association's annual conference. During her career, Gail has conducted many insect programs for anyone who will listen and those who have taken her courses know her enthusiasm for insects is both inspiring and contagious!

 The Gardening for Life Speaker Series is sponsored in part by the Friends of CCMNH and APCC (The Association to Preserve Cape Cod).

For more information please call: 508-896-3867, ext. 133