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Pollinator Bulbs Will Dress Your Garden For Success: Why Beautiful Landscapes Don’t Always Impress Honeybees

fall planted pollinator bulbs like crocuses

Early spring food sources significantly influence honeybee survival. Help improve honeybee nutrition by planting some pollinator bulbs this fall.

JKSCALZO
September 6, 2024

The Backyard

Gardening with Grandchildren: The Magic of Fall-Planted Bulbs

Gardening with grandchildren by planting fall-planted bulbs together is a perfect autumn activity that will bring joy in the springtime too!

JKSCALZO
September 5, 2024

Beekeeping

Battling Hive Beetles in 2024

hive beetles in a plastic see through trap

Hive beetles are more than a nuisance this summer! They driven me and, as you will see, destroyed some of the hives at Clark Botanic Garden..

JKSCALZO
August 28, 2024

Community

5 Fall Planted Bulbs That Will Beautify Your Spring Garden

Auxiliary donations support the beautyf of Clark Botanic Garden

The Auxiliary of the Fanny Dwight Clark Memorial Garden Inc raises funds to support the natural beauty of Clark Botanic Garden.

JKSCALZO
August 19, 2024

Beekeeping

Queen Bee Season

close up of a wooden bee frame with 5 queen cells

Queen bees and swarm season at the Clark Botanic Garden Apiary! We all had fun learning with a swarm of bees for the April Apiary meeting.

JKSCALZO
May 15, 2024
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Beekeeping

Pretty Pollen in a Wet Bee Yard

a row of colored beehives with dandelions in the foreground

Mother Nature stopped the rain for one hour the second Clark Botanic Garden Apiary Series meeting. She must appreciate our efforts to learn more about pollen!

JKSCALZO
April 6, 2024
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Beekeeping

The Winter Bee Yard – Fascinating!

The winter bee yard was cold for the start of the Backyard Bees Apiary Series at Clark Botanic Garden. Here's what we did in February.

JKSCALZO
March 4, 2024

Beekeeping

The 2024 Apiary Series at Clark Botanic Garden – NEW!

Seasonal beekeeping at Clark Botanic Gardens

Sign up for the new Backyard Bees Apiary Series at Clark Botanic Garden! This free program offers a unique opportunity to meet with the Queen Bee and observe the subtle changes taking place in the Garden and bee yard throughout…

JKSCALZO
February 16, 2024
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Celebrations

Seeing Red? 3 February Heart Holidays To Celebrate

drawing of diverse group of women wearing red dresses for heart holidays in February

Hearts are symbolic of love, but they also represent the center of your body, and the home for your strongest emotions. So let's speak from the heart about a few February heart holidays.

JKSCALZO
February 6, 2024

Community

The Bee Sting: a powerful novel about the struggle to bee good

I can’t refuse a book with a bee on the cover. And I love a little fictional drama (don’t you?). So, The Bee Sting, by Paul Murray was an automatic ‘must-read’ for me. Apart from the awards this book won…

JKSCALZO
January 25, 2024