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Author: kaleigh@illinois.edu
Pollinatarium Bee-zaar!
Thank you for supporting the Pollinatarium Bee-zaar! We had a great turnout for our first ever Pollinatarium Bee-zaar! Thank you to everyone who came to support the Pollinatarium, and thank you to the Entomology Graduate Students for hosting the event and donating their time and energy to help set up, run, and take down the […]
Beekeeping Kickoff for 2018
We will be hosting the first meeting of the CEIBA (Central Eastern Illinois Beekeepers Assoc.) on January 27th, 2018. * * * * * * Pot Luck Noon to 1 PM. Meeting starts at 1 PM. Tim Wilbanks will be speaking and taking orders for packages of honey bees. * * * * * *
Pollinatarium continues to evolve
As one visitor remarked, the Pollinatarium has continued to evolve. For the first time, we were on the 2015 CU Garden Walk for sustainable gardening. We made cedar planting boxes for the south side of the building, where we can’t dig because of the buried power lines. We also put a hexagonal flowerbed box under […]
Thousands get up close and personal with pollinators
The UI Pollinatarium, the discovery/science center dedicated to raising pollinator awareness, is the ultimate in repurposing; the building at the south end of the UI Arboretum was originally constructed as a pesticide storage shed, spent over a decade as Gene Robinson’s Bee Research Facility, and in 2009 was converted into a facility for science outreach […]
National Pollinator Week 2014
In 2007, National Pollinator Week was officially declared by the U.S. Senate in order to recognize the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture and to support efforts to increase awareness about pollinators. Here’s how Urbana-Champaign celebrated with the rest of the nation in 2014… Week Long Events June 16-June 22 Pollinator Food Guides […]
Over 2700 visitors in 2012!
In 2012, over 2700 people came to visit. In their numbers were students in every second grade class in Champaign, home schoolers, Urbana school district fourth graders, Parkland College classes, visiting beekeepers, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, passers-by, Master Gardeners, Master Naturalists, an agricultural tour group from Montana, and a few bee biology celebrities. We’re now […]
Celebrity bee biologist visitors
Celebrity bee biologist visitors have included Nathan Schiff (USDA Forest Service), Walter “Steve” Sheppard (Washington State University), Hachiro Shimanuki (USDA retired), and Peter Kevan (University of Guelph).
Champaign classes visit
We’re off to a great start! Every second grade class in the Champaign school district visited the Pollinatarium during the Fall 2009 semester.
National Pollinator Week 2009
National Pollinator Week in Champaign-Urbana is June 22-28, 2009 and includes Pollinator Discovery Day at the Pollinatarium on Sunday, June 28, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. In addition to the current displays, there will be games, crafts, a bee hive and a pollinator-themed magic show. The day will also feature workshops on insect photography and on becoming […]