Bees

Beekeepers in unincorporated DuPage County no longer need an acre of land to house their bee colonies.

Timo Wayman, an entomology graduate student at University of Illinois, is interested in native bee conservation and bee parasites and is conducting a research project on bee hotels in Illinois.

The public is invited to help the Kohl Children’s Museum in Glenview raise awareness for “World Honey Bee Day” by breaking the record for “The World’s Largest Waggle Dance” at 10 a.m. Aug. 19.

She was probably out gathering pollen when she took a wrong turn and flew inside the van. Find out how this on-the-road Pam Otto adventure unfolds.

Find some time soon to celebrate the ground-nesting peaceable pollinators.

Little bits of nature were flying through the air, and I was bound by the Nature Nerd’s creed to investigate.