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The Arboretum’s Bee Center |
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We live about a mile or so from the entrance road to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. |
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And yet we find ourselves not coming here too often. Chalk it up to work and family and home. |
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When I see this little “shack” in the woods, I now think of Pete Moe because he lived here in the summers as a young man getting his feet wet at the place. Today Pete is the Director of the University of MN Landscape Arboretum. |
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The Arboretum is a family place. |
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The Arboretum is a nature place. |
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The first time I saw the Bee Center was when Pete Moe was giving me a personal, golf-cart guided tour in August 2016. From the Three Mile Drive, Pete pointed to its location off in the distance “next to the Red Barn.” |
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In July 2017, Allan and I drove out to the Tashjian Bee and Pollinator Discovery Center and took a much closer look. |
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The Bee Center is, indeed, located next to the Red Barn, which speaks to the agricultural history of the land. |
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It’s an amazing place and we easily spent over an hour there … |
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… checking on bees and their bee homes ... |
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… checking on bee movies and bee videos ... |
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… checking on bees close-up … |
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… checking on honeycombs … |
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… checking on bee friends … |
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… checking on bee music. |
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A strange face kept popping up. |
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Beards come in various sizes, shapes, and colors. |
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From the Three Mile Drive you cannot see that the other side of the Red Barn is adorned with a Carver County Quilt. |
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A shaded picnic area for visitors is located next to the Bee Center. |
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It’s a beautiful drive both coming and going. |