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Show t -.W.im ,m ' '- . 'J f : i : COURSE OFFERING. Richard A. Dotson, zoologist at SUSC will conducted a special course in fundamental of beekeeping i beginning April 20. Beekeeping Course offered at College A three-session course in j the fundamentals of beekeeping will be taught i April 20, 27, and May 4 by I Southern Utah State College , zoologist Richard A. Dotson. The course is open to the I public (all ages) and the only cost to participants will ! be a $5 fee used to cover film 5 costs and class materials. Dotson is an avid apiarist who took up beekeeping because of his interest in animal behavior. "The honeybee hive is a very complex social organization," he explains. "Each type of bee plays an intricate part in the operation of the hive. Anyone who has been stung has firsthand knowledge of the duties of the guard bee." "Bees play a very important im-portant role in our lives. Without the services they perform in pollination we would not have most of the fruits and vegetables we eat," he said. Dotson said that most people are afraid of bee stings, but that the real culprits, sting-wise, are the wasps or yellowjackets. "When the fruit trees blossom the air will literally be filled with the buzzing activities of honeybees," he said. "At this time, however, the bees are too busy to sting anyone." The beekeeping course will be held in the SUSC Life Science Building, Room 121, from 7-9:30 p.m. A representative from the SUSC School of Continuing Education will be on hand to register participants for the course when class begins April 20. For further information, contact Professor Dotson at 586-4411, extension 371. |