A message from the Rochester Historical Society and Museum:

Want to learn about the birds and the bees?

Of course, you do. In the complex world we live in and the constant broadening of our knowledge of it, there’s perhaps no better time to learn all you can about bees and beekeeping.

Some of you may remember a book which appeared some sixty odd years ago: Rachel Carson’s The Silent Spring. In this book, Ms. Carson made millions of people all over the world more aware of environmental concerns and the balance of nature. It created a firestorm of interest in the efforts man was then making to control nature according to his limited knowledge and understanding of it. Pesticides were soon exposed as major threats to man’s well-being instead of chemical saviors from pesky insects that often sting us.

Our speakers on November 12th, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, are experts in beekeeping and have provided many audiences, both in clubs and organizations and in colleges as well, with some stunning and important facts about bees and the need to both learn from them and preserve them. What we thought we knew about bees will likely be forever changed. We take for granted so many small things. But we humans resemble a human hive, too, and the running of it is delicately interwoven with the fabric of our very existence.

Come visit us on Thursday, November 12th at our museum on 58 Hanson Street. You’re in for a special treat. It will be a sweet time, we promise. We begin at 6 p.m. sharp. The Directors and I welcome you to attend, and members of the public as well. There is never a charge for attending our speaking events. We do, of course, always welcome donations.

Sincerely,

Ralph Montgomery
RHS President