Bee curious, bee aware, bee a good neighbor. Bee sure to tune-in for Bee-a-thon 2011 TODAY and #iseebees on Twitter.
***TUNE-IN @
http://www.yourgardenshow.com/bee-a-thon***
***SPEAKER SCHEDULE***
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
9:00 AM PST
- WELCOME!
- Gretchen LeBuhn, The Great Sunflower Project
- Bernard Vaissiere, French National Institute of Agronomy
- The Bug Chicks
10:00 AM PST
- Dr. Paul Kessler, Director, Botanical Gardens of Leiden University, Netherlands
- Dr. Van Vliet, Splat Meter Research, Netherlands
- Nancy Ellis, Curator of Science at Randall Museum and San Francisco Beekeeping Association, & Fred Bove, The Great Sunflower Project
- Jim Fischer & Liane Newton, NYC Beekeeping
11:00 AM PST
- Dr. Stephen Buchmann, Pollinator Partnership & North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
- Eric Mader, Xerces Society
- Bob Minckley, Uni. Rochester
12:00 PM PST
- Ira & Julia Levin
- Emmet Brady, Insect News Network
- George Langworthy, "Vanishing of the Bees"
- Alrie Middlebrook & Patrick Adams, ELSEE Living Laboratory
01:00 PM PST
- Gretchen LeBuhn, The Great Sunflower Project
- Peter Kwapong, Global Pollination Project, Ghana, Africa
- Chris Hartley, The Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, Missouri Botanical Gardens
02:00 PM PST
- Loretta Obrien, Pacifica Gardens & Fred Bove, The Great Sunflower Project
- Jarrett Mellenbruch, HAVEN native bee installation
- Jim Cane, USDA
03:00 PM PST
- Taggart Siegel & Jon Betz, "Queen of the Sun"
- Aaron Leventman, Bioneers
- Mia, Outhouse Exhibits
04:00 PM PST
- Bryon Waibel, Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper, & Fred Bove, The Great Sunflower Project
- Gordon Wardell, Bee Researcher, Paramount Farming, almond and pistachio growers
05:00 PM PST
- Emmet Brady, Insect News Network
- Laura Anderson, Professional artist, designer and teacher, The Great Sunflower Project participant
06:00 PM PST
- Gretchen LeBuhn, The Great Sunflower Project
- Howard Yana Shapiro, Founder of Seeds of Change & Global Director, Plant Science and External research at Mars, Incorporated
07:00 PM PST
- The Bug Chicks
- Marina Marchese, Beekeeper, author and honey sommelier
- Jay Evans, USDA-ARS
- Ian Tait, Co-chair Feed the Bees Campaign & Chair Delta Chamber of Commerce
08:00 PM PST
- Jonathan Koch, Bumble Bee Ecology, University of Utah
Bee-a-thon 2011 is the first-ever, free online "town hall" event being broadcast live to a worldwide audience on July 16 to talk about what is going on with our bees. Bee-a-thon 2011 kicks-off The Great Bee Count, a national Citizen Science effort to count bees and help shape conservation efforts that have an impact worldwide.
Bee-a-thon 2011 is bringing together top bee experts and environmental players with backgrounds in science, activism, conservation, arts and education who will be interacting with viewers via a user-friendly live chat area and providing inspiring ways to help the bees this summer. People will be tuning in to the event for anywhere between 12 minutes or 12 hours, from living rooms, gardens, mobile devices and “backyard bee parties” around the world.
Show your support for bees by posting a bee-counting widget on your Facebook wall or website. Get one here:
http://www.yourgardenshow.com/news51.
Invite your friends, then set your watches to see each other online!
To become a Citizen Scientist and help shape bee conservation efforts today, visit:
http://www.yourgardenshow.com/citizen-science/great-sunflower-project.
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KCRA-TV has the Great Bee Count story,
http://goo.gl/jyHpH
