COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
If you have an educational event planned for Bee Aware Month that you’d like us to promote, email: info@apinz.org.nz
SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
Wellington
AKORANGA LEARNING PAVILION OPEN DAY
Who: Wellington Gardens
When: Saturday 7 September, 10:00am – 2.00pm
Where: Discovery Garden, Botanic Garden ki Paekākā
Cost: Free!
Discover the incredible world of bees up close in the Apiscope viewing hive and meet beekeepers who will share their knowledge and love for these little pollinators. Get busy with fun activities that will help you understand the importance of bees in pollination and their crucial role in the wider ecosystem.
After enjoying the festivities at the Discovery Garden’s Akoranga Learning Pavilion, take a stroll down to the Treehouse Visitor Centre to create your own bee-inspired art activity. While you’re there, don’t forget to sample the different honey flavours at our Bee Fresh honey tasting. Bee-licious!
SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
Dunedin
LEARN ABOUT BEES, BEEKEEPING AND HONEY
Who: Dunedin Beekeepers Club
When: Saturday 14 September, 11.00am – 3.00pm
Where: 45 Maori Road, Belleknowes, Dunedin
Cost: Free!
See how bees live in a hive, get your hands on some honey, pure bees wax candles or trees and seeds for bees, check out the mobile Dunedin Public Library, and more…
Visit www.dunedinbeekeepers.com for more details
TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
Wellington
THE SECRET LIFE OF HONEY BEES – GUIDED WALK
Who: Wellington Gardens
When: Tuesday 24 September, 11.00am – 12noon
Where: Meet at the Herb Garden Lookout, 101 Glenmore St, Wellington
Cost: $5 (cash only, please)
We rely on bees to pollinate many of our food and fodder plants, as well as our ornamental garden plants. On this walk we will discuss the skills, hidden talents, and life cycles of bees, observe them at work among the flowers, and their coming and going at their hives.
This guided walk is run by the Friends of the Wellington Botanic Garden and is part of our Wellington Gardens Spring Festival. Te Wā o te Kōanga – Spring Festival 2024 runs throughout September, to see the full events line-up head to wellingtongardens.nz/events.
