UNL Bee Lab

Kimmel Orchard is buzzing with activity!

The UNL Bee Lab was delighted to partner with for a bee and honey extraction tour for their summer camp. We talked about the many different bees in the world (around 20,000!) and how our food systems are dependent on managed and wild bees. We then went out into the yard to see how beekeepers manage honey bees. Next we extracted some honey, and we finished up the tour by looking at pollinators in Kimmel Orchard's pollinator habitat.

We're looking forward to more Girl Scouts camps and tours this summer. We love helping empower girls and giving them opportunities to get in touch with nature and science.

NACEE the Nebraska Alliance for Conservation & Environmental Education is hosting a handful of online courses this summer and fall that are centered around connecting educators with nature.

These courses will teach educators how to engage their students and themselves in topics related to the outdoors and conservation. There are 4 different classes being offered and each image provides details over the topics being covered as well as dates and registration fees.

If you have any questions our would like to register for these classes please reach out to the folks at NACEE or follow the link below to their webpage.

Email: [email protected] (Amber Schiltz)
NACEE Webpage: https://www.nacee.org/

Do you love honey ? 🍯 What about coffee from a local business? ☕ Well than we have the perfect thing for you. This Saturday (5/30) the UNL Bee Lab will be at Reactor Coffee in Lincoln from 10-11:30 with an observation hive, honey for sale and a love of talking about bees for anyone to come and see. 🐝

If you didn't know Reactor Coffee runs an ✨ experiment drink ✨ every week and this weeks features our fabulous honey. You can stop in and try the Honey Bun Latte for only 3$ till Sunday so don't delay go and get your hands on this beelicious coffee. 🐝