By Gary Scheirman | Director
Dear Supporter,
Greetings from Mexico, where the weather is not frosty or frightful!
We have not yet started the construction of the bee garden, because the principal of the school balked at the thought of having bees around special needs students. Yes, there are many Mexicans who are not familiar with the stingless bees of the Yucatan region. Fortunately, there is a bee conservation park on the island where she could go and see them for herself.
We hope to start work on the garden during the next summer break so that education is not disturbed.
We appreciate your interest in giving these students such a unique opportunity to learn about agriculture as they will be responsible for tending the garden and even harvesting the produce. In addition, the bee colony is nothing but a community of unselfish workers who cannot live independently and depend upon the contributions of many others to survive. It is a model that will be discussed with the children as they watch the hives grow and mature.
This is not an inexpensive project and one that must be close to fully-funded for us to start it. The school does not want another partial construction on its property and we do not want to make promises that we cannot fulfill.
On the plus side, we already have a woodworker that lives locally who wants to work on building the houses for the bees!
Until the next report, bee all you can bee.
By Gary Scheirman | Director
By Gary Scheirman | Director
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