January 27, 2012

National Bee Day at Maharastra Nature Park, Dharavi Sunday, February 5th 2012


On Sunday, February 5th, Under The Mango Tree is hosting National Bee Day at Maharastra Nature Park, Dharavi. (This is also the site where we run India’s first Urban beekeeping initiative.)





Come Celebrate the importance and irreplaceable role bees have in our lives and to our food supply as pollinators! Come Celebrate National Bee day or Cerana day, February 5th at Maharashtra Nature Park.

Come with your family and spend a fun day celebrating bees with:
Bee walks,
Painting competitions,
Photo ops with Bees
Cooking with Honey,
Tastings of India’s diverse range of honeys
Interactions with Mumbai's & India's first urban beekeepers
Panel discussion on the 'Role of Honeybees in Pollination" with Usha Thorat, Vikram Doctor and others.

To register or for more information, call: +22-65157953 or email: mumbaibees@underthemangotree.org

The mission of the National Bee Day is to spread awareness among children and adults about the importance and irreplaceable role bees have in our lives and our food supply as pollinators. National Bee Day will be a fun day for the entire family with bee walks, painting competitions, cooking with Honey, interactions with Mumbai's (and India's first) group of urban beekeepers and launch of our research study on the 'Role of Honeybees in Pollination" with Usha Thorat, Vikram Doctor and others.