Pennsylvania Honey Queen visits Uniontown
?The second-floor meeting room of the Uniontown Public Library buzzed Monday afternoon with the sounds of children listening to a presentation by 2011 Pennsylvania Honey Queen Alyssa Fine of Monongahela.
Fine, whose reign began last November, has been touring the state to talk about the honey bee, an amazing animal.
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The children reacted with 无毛视频淲ows无毛视频� and 无毛视频淥ohs无毛视频� as Fine held up educational photographs of the queen, drone and worker bees and gave them interesting bee facts such as bees never sleep, explained the different jobs the bees have and told them what takes place inside a hive.
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Fine told them, 无毛视频淕et it out. Get it out,无毛视频� and then moved on to talk about what a beekeeper does, the different types of honey and how bees are a significant factor in many more products than honey. How? Fine explained that because bees pollinate plants, they affect so much of what people consume. Not only fruits and vegetables, but also dairy products because bees pollinate clover and alfalfa that cows eat and clothing because they pollinate cotton.
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Fine also talked about a problem called Colony Collapse Disorder that identified the disappearance of honeybees and she asked the children to consider beekeeping as a hobby.
Fine brought honey sticks, which are straws filled with honey that the children could enjoy, and showed off beekeeping equipment as well as offered brochures with honey recipes such as Bee Sweet Banana Bread, Baked Honey Ham and Grilled Portobello Mushroom Salad with Greens, Honey Vinaigrette and Roquefort.
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Moser brought her granddaughter Grace Fedor, 7, of Allison, who said of the program, 无毛视频淚 loved it.无毛视频�
This is the second year that Moser has brought her granddaughter to Uniontown Public Library无毛视频檚 summer reading program for children.
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Zackary Clark, 7, of Uniontown, enjoyed the honey stick as much as the information that Fine shared with the children.
He came with his grandmother, Betty Wallace, also of Uniontown, and his sisters Sydney, 9, and Britney, 6.
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Britney Clark said of the library, 无毛视频淚 like the books.无毛视频�
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Fine, 22, is a graduate of Penn State University with a degree in agribusiness management and a minor in Spanish. She and her family operate Fine Family Apiary. Fine developed beeswax cosmetics, such as lip balms, and candles, and makes her own cough drops with honey, using a hard tack recipe.
Since traveling around the state to give presentations, Fine has discovered that people are fascinated with bees.
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Upcoming programs on Uniontown Public Library无毛视频檚 summer schedule, include: Thursday at 1?p.m. 无毛视频� Magician Doc Dixon returns with his magical bunny, Spot; June 30 at 1 and 2?p.m. 无毛视频� Work out with Stuffee from the Children无毛视频檚 Museum of Pittsburgh (children must sign up in advance for this special hands-on event); July 7 at 1?p.m. 无毛视频� 无毛视频淟ight Fantastic无毛视频� is presented by the Carnegie Science Center; July 14 at 1?p.m. 无毛视频� Stage Right players from Greensburg present 无毛视频淭ikki Tikki Tembo;无毛视频� July 20 at 1?p.m. 无毛视频� Dr. Amy presents birds of prey from the Raptor Rehab and Release Program in West Virginia; July 28 at 1?p.m. 无毛视频� Nemacolin Woodlands offers its Wild World of Animals live animal show; Aug. 1 at 1?p.m. 无毛视频� Barbara Pasqua performs Disney Princess songs; and Aug. 4 at 1?p.m. 无毛视频� 无毛视频淏ug Mania无毛视频� is presented by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
The presentations are part of the library无毛视频檚 summer reading program for children with entertainment and incentives.
Lynne Tharan, library director, said, 无毛视频淲e无毛视频檙e grateful to the community for all the financial help that makes the summer reading program possible. Without them, we wouldn无毛视频檛 have a summer program. The best way to keep kids reading is to keep their reading skills fresh during the summer months.无毛视频�
For more information, call the library at 724-437-1165. For more information on the Pennsylvania Honey Queen or to book the honey queen for an event, contact Rachel Bryson at 717-643-0010 or brysonrachel@yahoo.com.