World Bee Day

World Bee Day

On the left side of the frame, elementary students are encased in a rounded screened tent while Jeff Harris holds up bees from a hive outside.
Photo by David Ammon

May 19, 2022

It is and students from Henderson Ward Elementary were abuzz over beehives when Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵExtension and Research Professor Jeff Harris demonstrated beekeeping at the Mississippi State Insect Fair. The fair teaches students about invasive species, pollinator habitats, aquatic insects, insect rearing and more. The Mississippi State Insect Fair is an outreach component of Mississippi Bug Blues, a Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station educational program.

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