Owen Conservation Park Bumble Bee Walk & Talk

Name: Owen Conservation Park Bumble Bee Walk & Talk
Start: 2024-06-29T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-06-29T12:00:00-05:00
Location: Owen Conservation Park

Schedule

Sat Jun 29 2024 at 09:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Owen Conservation Park | Madison, WI

Bumble bees are cute, intelligent, and lead fascinating lives! Perhaps more importantly for us, they also perform key ecological functions essential for sustaining the food web. Sadly, the bumble bee population is in sharp decline. Learn about the life of bumble bees, the plants they depend on and help in turn, and what we can do to help them survive from bumble bee expert and conservationist Susan Carpenter.
Susan Carpenter is the Native Plant Garden curator and gardener at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum. She works with students and volunteers to manage and monitor a four-acre garden representing the plant communities of southern Wisconsin. She also leads a conservation project documenting native bumble bees.
Meet at 9 AM on Saturday June 29 (rain date June 30) in the parking lot of Owen Conservation Park, 6021 Old Sauk Road. Bring a camera or cell phone to record what you observe. Binoculars are also useful. Please be prepared to spend time outdoors, bring sunblock, water, and insect repellent.