{"id":28420,"date":"2012-09-05T13:05:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T17:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=28420"},"modified":"2012-09-05T13:05:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T17:05:44","slug":"this-week-in-the-family-garden-pollinator-pals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2012\/09\/garden-programming\/this-week-in-the-family-garden-pollinator-pals\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in the Family Garden: Pollinator Pals!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"So you don’t have a back yard, a rooftop apartment in Brooklyn, or even a couple of bee suits and a smoking can. Not a problem! For kids (or parents!) who are bursting with questions over the city’s biggest agricultural excitement since fire escapes first met tomato plants, you won’t need any of the above to pick up the basics.<\/p>\n

While the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden<\/a> is home to two active beehives, Assistant Manager Annie Novak and her team have put together the full beekeeping kit–sans bugs–for those who’d rather go to the open house without the tenants in attendance, so to speak. Apiculture at its easiest! And we won’t be sparing with the sweets, either; if you’ve ever wondered how flower choice affects what goes into the jar, we’ll be offering tastes of the many different types of honey that a healthy hive can produce.
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