A free program at the Leicester Library website.

Pollinators are under threat, but there’s plenty we can do to help right in our backyards. We’ll talk about:

• What is pollination

• The importance of pollination

• Pollinators & their identification

• The importance of pollinator habitat

This presentation is given by Athena Rayne Anderson, Ph.D., M.Ed. Athena earned her doctoral degree in 2012 from the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia. Her work focused on pollination ecology, especially of native bees. She loves making science accessible to the public and is founder and Chair of the BCA Presentations Subcommittee. This group is dedicated to ensuring monthly pollinator presentations in the Asheville area. Athena is also a Certified Pollinator Steward through the Pollinator Partnership.

Photo of Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virgnica) on a poppy by Martha Vining.