Investigating Hawaiʻi Honey Sources

When:
July 29, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
2024-07-29T19:00:00-10:00
2024-07-29T20:30:00-10:00
Where:
Lyman Museum
276 Haili St. Hilo
HI 96720

(L) Bee slurping lilikoi nectar; (R) Ladies at work in the honeycomb! Photo credit: Jim and Carey’s Happy Bees

Evening Presentation:

Honey is created by bees slurping up nectar and honeydew from plants all around us.  The botanical sources used by bees affect the taste, color, and nutritional value of the honey, for bees and for human consumers alike.  However, most people do not know the actual botanical sources of their favorite sweet, golden drizzle!  Carey Yost and Jim Klyman, of Jim and Carey’s Happy Bees, return to the Lyman Museum to provide a fast flight through their recent scientific research on the botanical sources of Hawaiʻi honey.  By the end of the program you’ll have a taste (literally!) of the initial environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis of honeys from Puna district apiaries … and Carey and Jim will touch on the potential of Citizen Scientists (maybe including you?) to expand our botanical databanks!  Enjoy this informative and delicious program on two occasions: Monday, July 29 and  Tuesday, July 30.  $3; free to Museum members.  For details: (808) 935-5021 or www.lymanmuseum.org

Admission to these wonderful programs is free to Museum members, and $3.00 for nonmembers.  Please support the Museum by becoming a member, and enjoy all Saigo Series programs, all year round, at no charge!

Seating is limited; first come, first seated.

ON MONDAY EVENINGS ONLY, additional parking is available next door at Hilo Union School,

Kapiolani Street entrance; park, then walk through our green gate in the rock wall.

On Monday evenings, doors open at 6:30PM.  E komo mai!


Lyman Museum ~ 276 Haili St ~ Hilo, Hawai‘i ~ (808) 935-5021 www.lymanmuseum.org ~ www.facebook.com/lymanmuseum The nationally accredited and Smithsonian-affiliated Lyman Museum showcases the natural and cultural history of Hawai‘i to tell the story of its islands and its people.

 

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