- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Bohart Museum of Entomology in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. for guided tours. Children's author S. S. Dudley (this is Steve Stoddard, a recently retired scientist in medical entomologist Thomas Scott's lab), is scheduled for a 15-minute chat at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30. He is the author of "Butterfly Wish" and "Elf Hills."
The department's bee garden, the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, will have docents available from noon to 1:30 p.m. The garden is located on Bee Biology Road, next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, west of the central campus. It is open from dawn to dusk year around.
The open house activities include:
- Raptor Center, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m
- Tiny World of Microscopes, 10 a.m. to noon (online fun)
- Dining Hall, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ($2)
- Bee Haven, noon to 1:30 (docents available)
- Botanical Conservatory 1 to 4 p.m. (docents available)
- Bohart Museum guided tours, 1 to 4 p.m. and children's author/retired sciencist Steve Stoddard at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30
For more information and other event, see the website.