Fleming College

Lindsay ON (September 20, 2018) – Fleming College is pleased to invite you to the Frost Campus Apiary as students, faculty and staff welcome the bees to Fleming on Friday, September 21 from 12-2 p.m.

The apiary was installed at Fleming College in July 2018 as a student initiative to support pollinator awareness and pollination services. The new apiary has two beehives, each with a colony of honeybees. The hives are securely housed within a 10 by 10 foot fenced in area.

The event will include local honey tasting and a hive demo, members of the Lindsay Community Garden and members of the Pollination Action Committee of the City of Kawartha Lakes.

Event Details:

The event will take place at the Lindsay Community Garden, located behind Frost Campus, Friday, September 21 from 12-2 p.m.

Frost Campus, 200 Albert St. S.

For more information, please contact Marcy Adzich, Sustainability Projects Coordinator: marcy.adzich@flemingcollege.ca

About Fleming College
Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and Heritage, Business, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, General Arts and Sciences, Health and Wellness, Justice and Community Development, Skilled Trades and Technology, and Continuing Education. Fleming College has more than 5,900 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and 71,000 alumni.

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For more information, please contact:
Sara O’Halloran

Communications Officer

sara.ohalloran@flemingcollege.ca

705.749.5530 x 1366