Keep Sedona Beautiful, Inc.’s Speaker Series June 15

Sedona, AZ (June 11, 2011) – “Honeybees in the Verde Valley” will be the topic at Keep Sedona

Beautiful, Inc.’s monthly Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series on

Wednesday, June 15th. The doors will open with wine and snacks at

5:30 pm, and the presentation will begin at 5:45 pm.

Come join the fun at Keep Sedona Beautiful and discover the latest

buzz about bees. Like bats, bees are essential to the health of our

natural world. They are vital pollinators, accounting for 88% of all

insect pollination. As evidenced by cave paintings, the practice of

beekeeping and honey collection dates back to the stone-age.

Amy Helfrich, a local insect enthusiast, will enlighten us concerning

the highly organized society of bees (emphasizing the European

honeybee), their social structure, survival needs and the key role

they play in our ecosystem and society.

Helfrich has been passionate about insects all of her life. As a

young child, she raised praying mantids, polyphemus moths, pill bugs,

countless butterflies; and she had a tarantula as a pet. In high

school, she won the Entomology Award from Future Farmers of America

for her presentation on Arizona Insects.

Keep Sedona Beautiful welcomes the community and visitors alike to its

free monthly Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series, which takes place

at its historic Pushmataha Center on 360 Brewer Road in Sedona. Held

the third Wednesday each month from September to June, typically

beginning at 5:30 pm with wine and cheese, the award-winning series

presents an interesting diversity of programs relevant to the unique

environment of our region.

Keep Sedona Beautiful, Inc. is a nonprofit

organization that, by acting through the stewardship of its members

and volunteers, is committed to protecting and sustaining the unique

scenic beauty and natural environment of the Greater Sedona Area. For

more information about Keep Sedona Beautiful, please call

928.282.4938.