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CEP Calgary x March: Bees and other pollinators

The CEP Calgary x March event is focussed on all things pollination. We will be hosting a discussion on the plight of the most common pollinator - the honeybee - the impacts facing it and other pollinators, what is currently being done and what can be done in our backyard!

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CEP Calgary x March: Bees and other pollinators
CEP Calgary x March: Bees and other pollinators

Time & Location

Mar 13, 2019, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Koi, 1011 1 St SW, Calgary, AB T2R 1J2, Canada

About The Event

Did you know that pollinators are necessary for three-quarters of our major food crops? The majority of our vitamins and minerals come from fruits, vegetables and nuts and these all use animal-mediated pollination. Even the food that livestock eats (alfalfa hay) needs pollination. There are also an estimated 300,000 species of flowering plants that require animal pollinators. Although honey bees are often the first to come to mind, there are a variety of other pollinators – insects, birds and even bats.

Pollination is a win-win situation for both bees and humans – they require plants for their own protein and carbohydrate needs and hop from plant to plant, thus pollinating as a by-product. Hand pollination of crops is costly, time consuming and not as effective. The supercolony of honey bees is a mind-blowing concept – from social healthcare to how they develop work regimes – and there is a lot…

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