Celebrate Nebraska pollinators at the Schramm Pollinator Party! The Schramm Education Center will be hosting a Pollinator Party event in partnership with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Bee Lab, Nebraska Extension, the UNL Entomology Department, and PlantNebraska. This free, annual event is part of a statewide celebration of Nebraska Pollinator Week. Activities for all ages will be set up outside and in the Schramm Education Center Classroom.

Activities

• See live honey bees, bumble bees, monarch butterflies & more in different life stages

• Help collect and document insects on the Schramm prairie and pollinator gardens through a bioblitz using the iNaturalist app

• Buy native plants at a plant sale hosted by PlantNebraska

• Make pollinator crafts and play pollinator games

• Extract and bottle your own honey for purchase

• Meet a Nebraska Extension Master Gardener and Nebraska Extension Entomologist to get your garden and urban entomology questions answered

• Make a native seed ball to take home

• Participate in a pollinator art scavenger hunt

• Food will be available for purchase

• And more!

Attend to help celebrate pollinators in Nebraska, learn more about pollination and pollinators, and explore how you can help local pollinators.