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| Earthday took up an entire weekend. The first stop on Friday was at the LA Zoo Magnet school with Ruth Askern(in front of the screen) and Summer (off to the left). This is a small school buried between the Autry Western Museum and LA Zoo. If no one told you it was there you would not find it. We had four classes of teenagers in 50 minute sessions. Summer made a great Powerpoint program which was a fine starting point for the talks. Summer and Ruth did most of the lecture work and I added a few pithy comments and took bad pictures with my camera. From all reports the presentation was a big hit, especially Ruth's Observation hive. There were about 20 students in each session. | . |
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| Saturday found us at Ballona Creek Wetlands. They were doing a trash clean up and invasive plant removal day with a lot of scouts doing the work. The weather turned out perfect for us, no hot sun and not too cool. |
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| Ruth and Alyssia did most of the talking and demos as I sat off to the side fielding Bee Rescue Hot Line calls. |
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| Ruth's bees up close |
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| Alyssia talking to the crowds. We had about 120 kids that signed up to work plus their parents and adult group leaders. There were just enough to keep us busy |
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| On Sunday BBK showed up at Lunada Bay in Palos Verdes, finally with a banner. At Ballona Creek Wetlands we were close to ancient burial grounds so nothing could be put into the ground and no banners, No such problems in Palos Verdes. |
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| Laura checking out some of the local wildlife that showed up at the table |
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| Bees, comb, frames and books, just as some people and we were ready |
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| Phoenix in the BBK shirt, Laura behind the table, Susan in the bee suit and Ian at the far end were ready for all questions. |
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| Ian was there to check out how the event was done so he can do the same the next weekend in Orange County. |
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| Observation hive bees |
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| What Earthday demos are really all about. |
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