2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Northern Michigan... by questionableali07

2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Northern Michigan... Jane Cliff, USFS Public Relations in Milwaukee The U.S. Forest Service (USFS):

49855 He has written many books on insect natural history including Bees of the World and Alien Empire. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Viceroy_Butterfly.jpg A few weeks earlier, the sounds of hammers and saws filled the Grace United Methodist Church in Marquette for several days as the teens built and painted 36 mason bee houses with help from carpenter/retired teacher Bruce Ventura and artist Diana Magnuson, both of Marquette. Meeting three days a week for five weeks, the teens walked dozens of miles during numerous hikes, climbed Sugar Loaf, and swam in Lake Superior and the Dead River. Wed 3/24/2010: Upfront Beekeeper Jim Hayward, a Marquette dentist, fits a protective suit on Zaagkii Project volunteer Elliott Burdick, 17, a Marquette Senior High School (MSHS) senior and Taylor Dianich, 16, MSHS junior (left behind Hayward), 906-201-0020 After laying a single egg into each hole, the mason bees "deposit some pollen and mud that hole closed hence the name mason bee," Ventura said. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imidacloprid_effects_on_bee_population "If I make a false step and jar the hive or move to quickly it keeps me from being stung," he said. "Honeybees die if they sting you, so they are not anxious to sting unless they are protecting themselves or the hive."

show Zaagkii Project teens the honey extractor that spins and uses centrifugal force to remove the honey from the frames on honeycombs. Ossenheimer and his wife Dr. Lisa Long, own an organic farm that includes a beekeeping, mushroom and vegetable seedling business named Gather'n Greens in Negaunee Township, MI. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Video Credit:

Being calmed by a smoker in the hands of beekeeper Dr. Jim Hayward, thousands of honeybees cling to the hive frame in June 2009 that is used by the bees to make honeycombs. (Photo by Erika Niebler) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:KVDP Zaagkii Project teens visit Gather'n Greens on June 24, 2009, a bee farm along the Dead River operated by Dr. Lisa Long and Lee Ossenheimer in Negaunee Township, MI. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide_toxicity_to_bees Ã Â Beekeeper Jon Kniskern:

seven-year-old son, Jesse Ossenheimer Shaped like a birdhouse, the mason bee houses have five pieces of wood below the roof with 33 holes that are each turned into a private nursery. (Photo by Greg Peterson)

KBIC NRD employees help build butterfly houses in 2008: http://www.kidsgardening.com/pollinator/curriculum/resources.php Kit Laux, NRD Water Quality Specialist Honey Heaven: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Monarch_Butterfly_Danaus_plexippus_Male_26 64px.jpg (no website yet)

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--A History of Cooperation: Student Anatoly Nelson also stood in a thick warm of bees and watched with amazement as they buzzed around his body and even bumped him without stinging or becoming alarmed. --Ã Â Ã Â http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bees_and_toxic_chemicals Those helping were tribal members Evelyn Ravindran, KBIC NRD Natural Resources Specialist; Katie Kruse, NRD Environment specialist; Char Beesley, Environment Specialist; Kit Laux, NRD Water Quality Specialist; and Kim Klopstein, one of the summer youth supervisors for the KBIC Summer Youth Program Cooking on all Burners:

Sunny Lybarger Rick Pietila's other ongoing amazing adventures include traveling with several legendary Rock and Roll groups including being a guitar tech for the band Boston and traveled into South America with the band Stryper and has been a road techie for many other iconic bands. (Photos by Erika Niebler) Zaagkii Project Northern Michigan University volunteer and student leader Erika Niebler prepared healthy lunches for the students including a large salad in July 2009. The Zaagkii Project students said their salad with a wide variety of veggies would not have been possible without pollinators to make the lettuce, tomatoes, and other vegetables grow. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Executive Director of the Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute In July 2008 , Zaagkii Project teens and project founder Rev. Jon Magnuson tell supporters at the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute Mid-Summer Festival about what the students are doing during the first summer of the effort to protect pollinators. Magnuson is the executive director of the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, MI near Lake Superior. (Photo by Greg Peterson)

2008 Zaagkii Projects Teens:

Unbee-lievable Buzz: NMU Zaagkii Project Brochure: Jesse Ossenheimer, 8; Lauren Ossenheimer, 5; and Alex Ossenheimer, 4. Photograph by Wikipedia user Bfpage of some of the overwintering monarch butterflies in Feb. 2000 at a preserve outside of Angangueo, Mexico. One tree is completely covered in butterflies. Photo by Kim Taylor of Bruce Coleman Inc.

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Hotel registration info and the deadline for NAISA Group Room Rate April 18, 2010 Illustrator Diana Magnuson Beekeeper Jim Hayward of Negaunee, MI uses a gripper to show one of the honeycomb trays to Zaagkii teens during a June 25, 2009 visit by Zaagkii Project members. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Ã Â 906-228-5494 (hm)

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Billions of bees of have died worldwide in an ongoing syndrome dubbed Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Suspected causes for CCD include pollution, pesticides, climate change and habitat destruction. "The sounds from the soft fluttering moves of Tai Chi were very beneficial to all of us."

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Butterfly Ã Â Hanging in Nature: --103A Buffalo Rd. The Borealis Seed Company in Big Bay, MI literally brought Zaagkii Projects students to their knees as the teens helped the owners manage the operation that specializes in native species plants and seeds. Ã Â , Edit by Waugsberg (cropped) Milwaukee, WI "I am screwing in the roof to the base of the bees houses right now," Burdick said. "Then I am sanding it down so the edges are not sharp and making it all flush. The mason bees will be going inside these holes." (Does Monarch Workshops) 1-414-944-3963 (fax)

Hayward uses electric fences to protect bees from persistent bears and elevates hives on cinder blocks to discourage skunks. We are Family: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-033&cid=release_2010-033&msource=a2010 0128&tr=y&auid=5868619 http://webb.nmu.edu/Centers/NativeAmericanStudies/SiteSections/Calendar/IEDSHighlights.shtml --Big leafy greens not possible without pollinators ... Zaagkii Project teens hold signs about the pollinator initiative during a summer 2009 group discussion on protecting pollinators. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Manoomin Project Videos: 847-791-5693 ---

Bumblebees by Christopher O'Toole While screwing on a mason bee house roof and sanding the edges, Elliott Burdick, 17, of Marquette said "pollinators are important to all life on earth because they pollinate all the fruits and vegetables we eat."

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The teens learned about beekeeper tools like honeycomb trays, frame grippers, a hive tool and a bee brush.

Bumblebees: Space For Nature Garden biodiversity forum 906-789-3319

Executive Director The couple has three children active in their nature-oriented, organic business:

----U.S. Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers web page: email Diana Magnuson USDA USFS Hiawatha Forest District Ã Â --Tea Time: Wiki Bee photos by Waugsberg

Numerous Monarch related links: http://www.ltbbodawa-nsn.gov/index.html http://www.turtleisland.org/discussion/viewtopic.php?p=9683#9683 Zaagkii Project instructor Rick Pietila of Marquette taught the teens many relaxation techniques including Tai Chi that the group performed at the Cedar Tree Institute 2009 Mid-Summer Festival. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Beekeeper Pollinating the Minds of our Youth about the importance of bees, butterflies and other pollinators Ã Â

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gkii%20Project/kbic_tribal_youth_protect_pollin1.htm http://www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/MesPeo%20KBIC%20Tribal%20Y outh%20Zaagkii%20Project/kbic_tribal_youth_protect_pollin1.htm Westin La Paloma Zaagkii Project founder Rev. Jon Magnuson talks to Cedar Tree Institute supporters in July 2009 as the Zaagkii students cook on the pavilion grill on Presque Isle in Marquette, MI at the annual CTI Mid-Summer Festival. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Obadiah Metivier, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Percussion Teen Anatoly Nelson was impressed that he was able to stand in the huge swarm and not get stung. 906-228-8491 Adriana Greci Green, Northern Michigan University Dozens of northern Michigan teens have participated in the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project (Photos by Greg Peterson) pnemanic@gmail.com

In 2010, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will build the first native species plants greenhouse on a Native American reservation that will be similar to the Hiawatha National Forest Greenhouse (Upper left photo in collage) in Marquette, MI. 1-906-399-7113 During the summer, the queen "lays close to a thousand eggs a day," Hayward said. "It takes 21 days for a bee to develop." Ã Â

Bee Movie: Official band of the Cedar Tree Institute/Zaagkii Project annual Midsummer Festival: 123 W. Baraga Avenue Goldenrod Photo by Huw Williams - Wikipedia username Huwmanbeing During summer of 2009, Zaagkii Project teens learned how to make a variety of herbal teas using indigenous plants/herbs in Michigan's Upper Peninsula ----49866

Using spades, wheelbarrows and gardener's gloves, Zaagkii Project teens planted/distributed tens of thousands of native species plant seeds and harvested seedlings at the Hiawatha National Forest Greenhouse in Marquette, MI. (Photos by Erika Niebler) Martial arts training and Tai Chi lessons, techniques for relaxation, were given to the teens by Rick Pietila of Marquette. They performed their new talents art at the CTI Mid-Summer Festival in Marquette.

Mason Bees: The Zaagkii Project thanks KBIC official Todd Warner, Director of KBIC Natural Resource Department (NRD)

--About 3,000 honeybees cling to every tray that all ooze with honey at the apiary run by beekeeper Dr. Jim Hayward in Negaunee, MI. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC), the Ã Â Beekeeper Jon Kniskern is quoted in a March 3, 2009 article on a University of Minnesota annual "Short Course" entitled Ã¢EURoeBeekeeping in Northern ClimatesÃ¢EURÂ at Borlaug Hall on the St. Paul campus --http://www.masonbeehomes.com/bee_houses.php Mason Bee Motivation ---

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20090-6090 Joining Forces: The force of Mother Nature's Native Species Plants and the powerful hungry for knowledge Zaagkii Project teens are unstoppable.... --An organic Mushroom growing operation is part of Gather'n Greens, an organic farm near Negaunee, MI owned by Lee Ossenheimer and wife Dr. Lisa Long. Produce can be purchased at the Marquette, Gwinn, and Munising Farmers Markets and at the Dancing Crane Farm. --Youthful Green Thumbs:

Zaagkii students (upper right photo) plants seeds in the summer of 2008 and have have planted/distributed tens of thousands of native species plants and seeds. Zaagkii Project story in Sept. 2009 Marquette Monthly Ã Â Ã Â Ã Â

Pollinators "are not going to magically appear in front of a tomato flower at an appropriate time," Schultz said. "So planting with native plants in proximity to their garden makes for a much more productive garden and more produce." Schultz said that "native plants and the native insects that pollinate them represent a symbiotic relationship" and cannot survive without each other. Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute Winter 2009 newsletter that mentions Rick Pietila

Wikipedia Honeybee Photos by BjÃ Â¶rn Appel, Wikipedia Username Warden. Ã Â Pollinators positively effect all our lives- let's SAVE them and CELEBRATE them! Life-Giving Water:

Zaagkii Projects students including 13-year-old Tanya Nelson of ishpeming, MI making friends with a Turkey (above) and a goat (below) at the Dancing Crane Farm in Skanida, MI. (Photos by Erika Niebler) --The importance of northern Michigan's vast water resources to the health and vitality of indigenous plants, pollinators and humans was absorbed by Zaagkii Project teens who also took the time to swim and relax in frigid but pristine Lake Superior and several rivers/streams in Marquette and Alger counties in the summers of 2008 and 2009 (Photos by Erika Niebler) Wikipedia on Monarch butterflies and Lepidotera migration, a phenomenon where butterflies or moths migrate over long distances to areas where they cannot settle for long periods of time. http://www.goodnewsdaily.com/show_story.php?ID=3500 --http://www.dancingcranefarm.com Viceroy Butterfly mimics Monarchs

Negaunee, MI info@dancingcranefarm.com 906-353-6623 Turkeys, Goats, Pigs ... ----Martial artist Rick Pietila

Bodacious Honeybees: Viola 'Clear Crystals Apricot', a hybrid cross viola (Viola x hybrida), Victoria, Australia. Wikipedia photo by John O'Neill (Wikipedia username Jjron) USFS officials said the Zaagkii Project is effectively spreading the word about the importance of native plants and the teen mason bee and butterfly houses have a positive impact on the survival of pollinators. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bee_pollenating_a_rose.jpg "In Native America, all events begin and end with prayer. It's a spiritual component that's all done with prayer. There is no such thing as a separation of church and state." Ã Â

Youth Protecting Pollinators:

Zaagkii Project Teens:

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Special Forest Products Program Leader "The young people are terrific," he said. "They did a great job putting the mason bee houses together and decorating. They did a lot of sawing and nailing and screwed in the tops."

Cedar Tree Fans: --Dancing Crane Farm Room 100 Noting a Tai Chi performance by the Zaagkii Project teens, Pitawanakwat said: 1-906- 226-7065 (fax) "That makes the skunks have to stand up, so their bellies are exposed and the bees can sting them more easily," Hayward said. http://blip.tv/file/341528 Fri 2/26/2010: Harley's Lounge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous The students learned "different uses the Ojibwa had for edible and medicinal plants" like "the saps of different trees and the roots," said Levi Tadgerson, 22, of Marquette, an NMU senior. email Deb Le Blanc Ã Â Experts say bee colonies have declined 70 to 90 percent in the past quarter century. Albert Einstein predicted humans would die within four years if bees disappeared. Northern white cedar: Plethora of Pollinators: While mason bees do not make honey, Ventura said "they're great pollinators like honeybees." Jennie Peano, Vocals, Percussion

Artistic picture by Pilar Murillo of Spain http://kvdp.blogspot.com Earth Times - London: Laurie Davies Adams The Zaagkii Project contributors include the Marquette Community Foundation, Marquette County Juvenile Court, the M.E. Davenport Foundation, the Kaufman Foundation and the Phyllis and Max Reynolds Foundation. Learning how to respect the environment from Native American elders and youth ...

Butterfly Encounters: "Milkweeds and monarchs are a stunning example ," she said. "The monarch larva prefer to eat various milkweed species." A Good Sign: Zaakii Project intern Leora Tadgerson to participate in a roundtable at the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) 2010 National Conference on May 20-22, 2010 in Tuscon, AZ The teens sniffed honeycomb trays and checked them out using the sun. Honeycombs trays have a unique, waxy smell that the teens will always remember (Photo by Greg Peterson) 1400 Independence Ave., SW

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Monarch_In_May.jpg The teens also visited a bee farm along the Dead River operated by Dr. Lisa Long and Lee Ossenheimer in Negaunee Township and heard from beekeeper Jon Kniskern of Marquette. Zaagkii Project and Northern Michigan Center for Native American Studies (NMU CNAS) participants: --Ã Â (Photo by Erika Niebler) --Later the teens made sumac iced tea, add a drop of Hayward's honey and served it to Zaagkii Project supporters at the annual CTI Midsummer Festival at Presque Isle in Marquette. The youths made other natural hors d'oeuvres like honey and wild mint in a tiny appetizer cup. Gather'n Greens

906-227-1396 (fax) Ã Â Escanaba, MI Goldenrod and visiting Cerceris wasp by Wiki user Hardyplants via Wikipedia creative commons Leora Tadgerson, Zaagkii Project intern from Northern Michigan University Center for Native American Studies The Butterfly Lady: Holding his three-year-old son Alex Ossenheimer, NativeVillage.org 2008 Zaagkii Story and photos: The Tadgersons were impressed with the teens' ability to grasp Chippewa language because "we would tell them the different native names for plants and two days later they would remember it," said Leora Tadgerson of Negaunee. Marquette, MI Tsianina Lomawaima Nativevillage.org main Zaagkii Page: http://earthcaretaker.com/naturalization/llamb.html

Custom workshops, ongoing classes, farm tours, apprenticeships, volunteer opportunities, and an annual Harvest Party open to the public. 53203 Ã Â Tue 7/13/2010: Menominee Summer Concert Series Tucson, AZ Golden Combs:

Zaagkii Project teens learned about the challenges of growing mushrooms during the chilly, windy and rainy "summer that wasn't" in Michigan's Upper Peninsula along a Lake Superior tributary.

Preliminary Daily Schedule NMU Students Leaders and volunteers for the Cedar Tree Institute and the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: Ã Â A Great Lake: 906-360-5072 (cell) In 2008, other Zaagkii Project teens built and painted 17 butterfly houses at the church. Learning importance of Native Species Plants to Pollinators ... Wikipedia on Monarchs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Debivort

Wikipedia on Goldenrod KBIC NRD employees help build butterfly houses in 2008 (Photos by Greg Peterson) http://www.pollinator.com/mason_homes.htm

--http://www.cbgarden.org/blog/index.php/tag/west-virginia-white-butterfly email organizers of the NAISA 2010 Conference The teens literally got up close and personal with the honeybees by inspecting honeycomb trays each covered with about 3,000 busy bees and even handled a drone that Hayward explained do not have stingers like the rest of the colony and are easily identified by a larger round abdomen and bigger eyes. http://www.buckingham-nurseries.co.uk/acatalog/bumblebees.html http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Bienen_im_Flug_52e.jpg In its second summer, the three-year Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project protects pollinators through habitat creation that includes teenagers constructing dozens of bee and butterfly houses while helping native plants flourish by distributing and planting tens of thousands indigenous seeds.

Native Plants Northern Light: Mass Mill - copper processing waste (stamp sands) cleanup: 1-906-226-3911 (office) Beekeeper Jim Hayward explains the difference in the appearance of members of the honeybee family like worker bees and drones as Zaagkii Project volunteer Keith Gelsinger of Marquette, MI smiles. (Photo by Greg Peterson) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_mining_in_Michigan The NAISA 2010 Conference is sponsored by the American Indian Studies at The University of Arizona http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_bee USFS links and information page about plants, botany, the Zaagkii Project and other efforts to protect pollinators and the importance of native species plants

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Mason bees "are very particular" and "want a five-sixteenths inch diameter hole," Ventura said. "If the holes are too large other insects get into them, and if the holes are too small the mason bees can't get in." 12:00-1:45 p.m.

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Ã Â Big Bay, Michigan Skandia, MI 49885 NAISA staff photo Beekeeper and Marquette Dentist Dr. Jim Hayward has been hosting Zaagkii teens since the project began - giving the students a hands-on, up-close and personal experience with his 150,000 honeybees near Negaunee, MI.

Nature Moves: Diana Magnuson biography Wikipedia on Pollination:

2009 Zaagkii Project Teens: For the second year, Susan Payant of Marquette taught Zaagkii Project teens about Monarchs and other butterflies and why they are second only to bees when it comes to pollination. The http://www.cedartreeinstitute.org/wildrice2007.html http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org Suited for Pollinators: --Manoomin Project: Restoring wild rice to seven remote Upper Peninusla lakes, stream as students planted over 1 ton of wild rice seeds with help from elders with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

Anatoly Nelson (left) calmly freezes, and can't help smiling, as a swarm of honeybees bounced off his body but were not upset by his presence at the Hayward apiary. Watching are 16-year old Jake Gentz (center), a Marquette Senior High School senior; and Jim Rule (right), a child care counselor at Marquette County Youth Home. (Photo by Greg Peterson) (Photo By Greg Peterson) Katie Kruse, NRD Environment specialist In his soft-spoken, calm demeanor that relaxed the teens and the bees, Hayward said "you can stand a lot closer if you want, you won't get stung."

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With a plethora of wildlife, Dancing Crane Farm in Skandia, MI has naturally grown and raised vegetables, flowers and more on 20 acres with almost five acres cultivated. (Photos by Erika Niebler) --Smoking Allowed: The popular, pleasant and passionate Payant is well-known around northern Michigan and is lovingly called "The Butterfly Lady" because of her love for butterflies and their life-cycle. (Photos by Erika Niebler)

Aaron Kippola, Alto Saxophone, Percussion SATURDAY, MAY 22, 2010 Ã Â

"I am positive," Hayward said confidently while carefully handing the struggling drone to Gelsinger. "You can grab on to it Ã¢EUR" it won't sting you." Ã Â "We explained this plant is good for keeping bugs away from you and this plant is good for a breath mint," Tadgerson said.

Marquette Mining Journal feature story #1 on Zaagkii Project on 7-14-08 about 208 annual Cedar Tree Institute annual Mid-Summer Festival in Marquette, MI

While reassuring the teens that "honeybees tend to be docile," Hayward donned himself and two youths in protective gear including a bee veil and gloves. Butterflies, Bees, Cranes and Things... (Photos by Greg Peterson) 906-227-1397 (office) Ã Â West Virginia White, Pieris virginiensis on wild mustard Photo by Randy L Emmitt Zaagkii Project students paint the mason bee houses on July 8, 2009 that they built a few days earlier at the Grace United Methodist Church in Marquette, MI. (Photos by Greg Peterson) --Beekeepers: Part 1: Pollinator Preservation The Fourth Annual National Pollinator Week is June 21-27, 2010 Ã Â

(Photo by Greg Peterson)

"It's awesome,' said 13-year-old eighth grader Tanya Nelson of Ishpeming. "Look at it, it's honey, it's dripping." Ã Â Negaunee Township, Michigan Energizing the Zaagkii Project teens ... Steve Leuthold, Baritone and Tenor Saxophone, Flute Photo by John Severns (Wikipedia username Severnjc)

"Engaging Students through Community Action and Service" Organic Farms: Honey Farming Dentist: http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org Working Together: Native Americans, non-natives, young and old, teens and college students ... Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Story on Zaagkii Project (Scroll down to page 7) Ã Â Zaagkii Project teens were always prepared a nutritional lunch while on many outings during the summer 2009. The teens learned that all the food they are would not be available if nbot for pollinators who make plants and veggies grow for salads and to provide feed for animals.

Ã Â United States Forest Service (USFS) and the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute Ã Â Ventura is impressed with the teen's carpentry and artistic skills. Ã Â ---

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Deciduous forests: In July 2008 at the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute annual Mid-Summer Festival, Zaagkii Project teens told supporters what they were learning about pollinators and indigenous plants and wildflowers. Their seven-year-old son, Jesse Ossenheimer, is pictured showing Zaagkii project students some of the frames used by bees to produce honey. The couple also grow mushrooms. The Butterfly Site: 1-520-626-7695 3800 East Sunrise Drive

"The sole purpose of the drone is to mate with the queen. Otherwise it has no function. It can't even feed itself. The other worker bees have to feed the drones." --Jim Rule, a child care counselor at Marquette County Youth Home, is pictured on June 25, 2009 on a Zaagkii Project outing to the apiary owned by beekeeper Jim Hayward "Drones develop from unfertilized eggs, worker bees are developed from fertilized eggs," Hayward said. Open June-October.

112F Whitman Hall Native Species Plants: Feral and commercial hives are attacked by viruses, bacteria and parasites like a tracheal mite that infests honeybee airways and blood-sucking mites that infect and feed on adult and larval bees causing wings deformities. Terry Miller, forest botanist at the Hiawatha National Forest Office in Escanaba, MI 2010 Pollinator Week: At first only two teens wearing protective beekeeping gear entered the apiary behind the Negaunee township home of Jim and Martha Hayward. The others wearing only shorts and t-shirts soon approached when they discovered that honeybees are not aggressive. Brownfield sites: During the first summer (2008) of the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project, teens built, painted and handed out butterfly houses - that a slimmer and longer than bird houses with entries for butterflies with folded wings and a slab of bark for rest and reproduction. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Borealis Seed Company Live with Terracotta half-life Rockin' Rick: ---

Damien Lee, Trent University, Canada Mason Bee Houses: Wikipedia Viceroy photo by Piccolo "Pic" Namek

906-942-7975 http://www.masterbeekeeper.org/pdf/pollination.pdf Zaagkii Project wordpress blog

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Music courtesy of Chicago area band Dragon Fire Parade, which has Upper Peninsula roots. Dr. Jim Hayward adjusts a protective bee net and hat worn by Zaagkii Project volunteers (Photo by Greg Peterson) Ã Â

Wildflowers in the Eastern Region Bumblebee Photo Copyright Richard Burkmar 2004. Permission is hereby granted for anyone to use this image for non-commercial purposes which are of benefit to the natural environment. Founder of the three-year (2008-2010) Zaagkii Project 60 Haven Ave. "People get into beekeeping is to sell their pollination services to orchards around the country" including "apple and cherry orchards in Michigan," Hayward said. Learning from a Master: of Marquette, MI A cultivar is a particular variety of a plant species or hybrid that is being cultivated and/or is recognised as a cultivar under the ICNCP. The concept of cultivar is driven by pragmatism, and serves the practical needs of horticulture, agriculture, forestry, etc. Zaagkii Coverup: A picture showing blueberry pollination by bumblebees, as well as the system of furrow irrigation using siphon tubes. Pictures were taken in July 2008 at "blueberry fields", Koersel, Belgium. --http://webb.nmu.edu/Centers/NativeAmericanStudies/SiteSections/AboutUs/CommunityOutreach/zaa gkii_brochure_inside_pages.pdf Zaagkii Project teens gave presents to children's book illustrator Diana Magnuson (center) of Marquette and artist Sherri Bohjanen-Hutter (right), a Marquette native from Anchorage, Alaska. The artists helped the Zaagkii teens learned about different kids of paint and techniques as they used colorful designs on their mason bee houses. (Photo by Greg Peterson)

Edwards teamed with the Zaagkii Project students to build a giant monarch butterfly in 2008 and a

big bee hive in 2009 using art-related items at the museum in Marquette, MI

The couple raise bees, make honey, grow mushrooms and grow seedlings for transplanting like peppers, tomatoes and about numerous herbs such as basil. KBIC Vice Chair Susan LaFernier Zaagkii project teens have learned a deep appreciation for nature during their many hours spent in the majestic northwoods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula along breath-taking waterfalls and winding streams with the pungent smell of pollination and bees wafting through the warm air. (Photos by Erika Niebler) "In point of fact, the mason bee houses are very useful," said Jan Schultz, USFS botany and nonnative species program leader in Milwaukee, WI. "The mason bee houses are used by mason bees and other types of solitary bees. They really like them and they will have customers." Heritage and Culture:

Evelyn Ravindran, KBIC NRD Natural Resources Specialist

Rev. Jon Magnuson Elliott Burdick (left), 17, MSHS senior on June 25, 2009. Hayward explained the smoker calms bees because they protect their honey by gorging themselves with it fearing there is a fire and they may need to flee with the valuable sticky gold to make a new nest. Zaagkii Project teens visited Hayward's hives in 2008 and 2009. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Ã Â "The more of the milkweed that monarchs eat, the less palatable they are to predators because apparently they taste really horrible," Schultz said. "So that's beneficial to the monarch butterfly and they also pollinate the milkweed flower." --Upcoming Shows: News From Indian Country (NFIC) feature story on Zaagkii Project

--Zaagkii Project students and the tribe's summer youth were honored the 2008 Pow-wow at the

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Baraga, MI. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Ã Â Hiawatha National Forest hosted a National Monarch Butterfly Workshop during June 2008 in Marquette, MI NAISA 2010 Conference Program details Great Story in Native Villge Web: Photo by William T. Hark A European honey bee (Apis mellifera) extracts nectar from an Aster flower using its proboscis. Tiny hairs covering the bee's body maintain a slight electrostatic charge, causing pollen from the flower's anthers to stick to the bee, allowing for pollination when the bee moves on to another flower. Student Brandon Maki of Marquette said he "learned we can make natural teas out of spruce trees and pine trees." Lee Ossenheimer of Negaune Township, MI talks with Zaagkii Project teens on June 24, 2009 before taking them on a tour of his apiary and mushroom growing operations named Gather'n Greens. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Indian Country Today feature stories on Zaagkii Project: Goldenrod Photo by Georg Slickers taken on August 15, 2005 in Berlin, Germany via Wikipedia creative commons Ã Â Photo by By Debi Vort (Wikipedia Username Debivort) of an Andrena bee collects pollen among the stamens of a rose. The female carpel structure appears rough and globular to the left. The bee's stash of pollen is on its hind leg.

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Dancing Crane Farm has naturally grown and raised vegetables, flowers and more on 20 acres with almost five acres cultvated Ã Â Zaagkii Project supporters enjoy themselves at the July 2009 Mid-Summer Festival in the pavilion at Presque Isle in Marquette. (Photos by Greg Peterson) email USFS National Botanist Larry Stritch Scroll down to credits to learn more about Terracotta half-life. Ã Â --Zaagkii Project teens help prepare the food at the annual Cedar Tree Institute Mid-Summer Festival during July 2008 in Marquette, MI. Zaagkii Project teens check out a turkey at the Dancing Crane Farm in Skandia, MI where they helped with the native species plants. (Photo by Erika Niebler) Mason bees "make these holes three to six inches deep depending on the size of the tree," he said. "Mason bees are solitary bees, they're not colonial like honey bees." Two Native American supporters of the Zaagkii Project, attending the July 2009 nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute Mid-Summer Festival at Presque Isle in Marquette, stand next to the beehive made by students with help from the director of the U.P. Childrens Museum. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Lee Ossenheimer of Negaune Township, MI and his http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416108 More on honeybee decline: ---

Butterflys and Moths of North America: The students learned Tai Chi along the calming Lower Harbor in Marquette, MI with a fresh Lake Superior breeze an important part of the June 23, 2009 experience.

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Northern Michigan University Center for Native American Studies Anishinaabemowin Professor Kenneth Pitawanakwat explained why and how Native Americans show respect for the earth and then led the closing prayer at the CTI Mid-Summer Festival in July 2009. (Photo by Golf Course Foreclosures Au Park DC Greg Peterson) (Negaunee, Michigan) Ã¢EUR" Surrounded by a swarm of 150,000 loudly buzzing bees on a hot summer day, a group of Marquette County teens turned nervous faces and trepidation into smiles and a education that they heard loud and clear Ã¢EUR" to protect rather than fear pollinators. Lake Superior Safe Harbor: Male Monarch Photo by Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) at the Tyler Arboretum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases_of_the_honey_bee To see story - sign up for free 30 day trial by click on headline of story http://www.unr.edu/sb204/geology/westernh.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PiccoloNamek Marquette Mining Journal feature story #2 on Zaagkii Project on 12-13-08 about the first year of protecting pollinators http://www.insectpix.net/Homes_for_bees.htm Carpentry skills: Hundreds of thousands of Monarchs pass through the U.P. each year enroute to a famous gathering spot in Mexico where millions of Monarchs converge from across the world. Ã Â

Zaagkii Project volunteers Elliott Burdick (left), 17, a Marquette Senior High School (MSHS) senior and Taylor Dianich, 16, MSHS junior (right) stand next to honeybee hives in June 2009. (Photo by Erika Niebler) Karla Tait, University of South Dakota --as the Zaagkii group of teens prepare to check out the honeybee hives on June 25, 2009 in the back yard of Hayward's home in Negaunee Township, MI. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Bees and butterflies "are a part of the web of life because they pollinate all the flowers and fruit trees that provide us with food," said Dr. Jim Hayward, a Marquette dentist who has four honeybee hives on a shaded hillside.

In July 2008 at the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute annual Mid-Summer Festival, Zaagkii Project teens told supporters what they were learning about pollinators and indigenous plants and wildflowers. KBIC "is happy to be partnering with the Cedar Tree Institute and the U.S. Forest Service in trying to protect native plants and bring them back home," Swartz said. Zaagkii Project teens learned about honeybees from three northern Michigan beekeepers including Jon Kniskern of Marquette who brought hive frames and other tools of the trade like a smoker to his session with the students next to the peaceful Marquette Lower Harbor on Lake Superior in the summer of 2009.

http://www.buckingham-nurseries.co.uk/acatalog/Index_Pollination_Bees_27.html#33171 West Virginia White Butterfly & killer Garlic Mustard Seed plants: The story was published in the Minnesota Daily newspaper in Minneapolis/St. Paul Viceroys: (Photo by Greg Peterson) Ã Â Zaagkii Project volunteer 17-year-old Elliott Burdick of Marquette, MI inspects a honeycomb oozing with honey and covered with thousands of honeybees that is being held by veteran beekeeper Dr. Jim Hayward. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Mourning Cloaks aka Morning Cloaks: Monarch Author Lynn M. Rosenblatt who wrote the book MONARCH MAGIC! Natural bee killers include black bears that raid hives for honey, bald-faced hornets who kill the queen and feast on the colony, birds that pick them off in mid-air and skunks who scratch on the hive with an insatiable taste for guard bees. (Photo by Erika Niebler) The teens let out an audible but soft gasp when Hayward pulled out a tray that was dripping with honey and packed with bees. U.S. Forest Service official Jan Schultz gives an update on the Zaagkii Project and the forest service extensive efforts to protect pollinators and promote native species plants in July 2008 at the annual Cedar Tree Institute Summer Festival in Marquette, MI. Schultz is the USFS botany and non-native species program leader in Milwaukee, WI. (Photos by Greg Peterson)

http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/mourningcloak.html Participants include: Working "behind the scenes," the CTI will continue efforts like the Zaagkii and Manoomin projects because "they are important," Mattson said. 1-202-205-1279 (Office) Kids Book website on illustrator Diana Magnuson of Marquette, MI National Botanist USDA U.S. Forest Service Jon Kniskern Artistic Appreciation: "We have been working with the Cedar Tree Institute for a number of years and they are great to work with," said Swartz, noting the Manoomin Project to restore wild rice and native plants restoration project at the KBIC Sand Point beach on Lake Superior. Zaagkii Project teens at the Dancing Crane Farm in Skandia, MI in the summer of 2009 (Photo by Erika Niebler) Ã Â 1-763-670-0611

Photos by Erika Niebler and Greg Peterson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jjron Seven-year-old Jesse Ossenheimer Ã Â Sarah is a NMU student leader, volunteers for numerous nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute Projects including the Zaagkii Project, Northern Michigan University (NMU) Student leader, Lutheran Campus Ministry leader including visited Nicaragua and educated Americans on importance of fair trade with Nicaraguan coffee farmers and others, served as NMU EarthKeeper (NMU EK) Student Team project director. Turtle Island News:

April Lindala, Director --118 ROUNDTABLE: During the first summer (2008) of the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project, teens built, painted and handed out butterfly houses - that a slimmer and longer than bird houses with entries for butterflies with folded wings and a slab of bark for rest and reproduction. Some of the students returned in 2009 to participate in the second summer of the Zaagkii Project during which mason bee houses were built, painted and distributed. Both years the teens planted and distributed thousands of native species plants. (Photos by Greg Peterson) "You can learn a lot about the health of the hive by just looking at the flow of the bees coming in and out of the hive," Hayward said as the heavy bees bounced in for landings. http://www.beemovie.com email Negaunee, MI beekeeper Dr. Jim Hayward Zaagkii Project teens gather along the edges of the apiary in Negaunee, MI that has numerous honeybee hives while listening to Dr. Jim Hayward's honeybee facts. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Ã Â Terracotta half-life Amanda is a NMU student leader, and volunteers for numerous nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute projects including the Zaagkii Project and serves as project coordinator for the NMU EarthKeeper Student team NMU Anishinaabemowin Professor Kenneth Pitawanakwat Andy Wicklund, Guitar Butterflies/Moths: Zaagkii Project students work with native species plants in the summer of 2009 at the Dancing Crane Farm in Skandia, MI (above two photos) and at the Borealis Seed Company (below two photos) in Big bay, MI during the summer of 2009. (Photos by Erika Niebler)

Zaagkii Project tens learned several uses for bitter dried sumac, a plant indigenous to northern Michigan, including making a lemonade-flavored tea and for use in a bee smoker. Beekeeper Jim Hayward (left) demonstrates how to light the dried sumac to Zaagkii Project volunteer Elliott Burdick (center), 17, a Marquette Senior High School (MSHS) senior and Taylor Dianich, 16, MSHS junior (right). (Photo by Greg Peterson) email Mila Zinkova Photo caption: "I got into raising bees after local bee populations died out because of some disease and we did not have anything to pollinate" our fruits and vegetables, Hayward said. "One day we hope (KBIC) will be regarded as pioneers to bring these native plants back here," he said. "So it's only fitting that the (KBIC) become involved in helping save those native plants." Artwork of Migrating butterflies aka Lepidoptera migration art

USFS Zaagkii Project contacts: 402 E. Michigan St. Peter Nemanich, Bass http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/ehs/index.html Ã Â Native Senses:

The students learned about different species of native plants and insects during several outings with an Ojibwa brother and sister Ã¢EUR" Levi and Leora Tadgerson - who are Zaagkii Project interns from the NMU Department of Native American Studies. (Above and below photos by Greg Peterson)

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Honeybees often have "sacks of yellow or orange pollen on its legs," Hayward said. "They are busy bringing their nectar and pollen back to the hive."

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Alumni - Keyboards, Guitars, Drums, Sax, Trumpet, Congas, Timbales, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_White Zaagkii Project students paint the mason bee houses on July 8, 2009 that they built a few days earlier at the Grace United Methodist Church in Marquette, MI. (Photos by Greg Peterson) Ã Â Smoking Sumac: Teaching respect for Native American culture and the planet are goals the CTI plans to continue for another decade, CTI officials said during the festival. Beekeeper Jim Hayward (left) holds a tray with thousands of honey bees as Zaagkii Project eighth grader Tanya Nelson (second from left), 13, of Ishpeming, MI watches in amazement along with Cedar Tree Institute volunteer Amanda Emerson (second from right) of Cary, Ill., the 21-year-old event coordinator for the Northern Michigan University (NMU) Student Team and an NMU Senior Majoring in International Studies (emphasis on Latin America) and Earth Science (emphasis on rocks and minerals). Making a point is Zaagkii Project volunteer Tom Reed (right) of Marquette, who has a bachelors degree in social work and has worked on several Cedar Tree Institute environment projects. (Photo by Greg Peterson) 415-362-1137(wk) Peter White Library : Rick Pietila's other ongoing amazing adventures include traveling with several legendary Rock and Roll groups including being a guitar tech for the band Boston and traveled into South America with the band Stryper.

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Ã Â --Above, Zaagkii Projects teens Anatoly Nelson (second from right) and Brandon Maki (right) enjoy fresh honey provided by beekeeper Dr. Lisa Long (left) in Negaunee Township, MI. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Dr. Jim and Martha Hayward

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Both passed on respect for the earth inherited from elders and knowledge about native plants learned from NMU Anishinaabemowin Professor Kenneth Pitawanakwat, who offered the closing prayer at the CTI midsummer festival. http://entweb.clemson.edu/museum/buttrfly/local/bfly12.htm Ã Â "There are ways to heal by just getting into the woods and learning knowledge from elders," he said. "There are gifts and teachings every day that you will get from the earth." Herbal Tea from Native plants in northern Michigan ...

10032 in Marquette, MI "The Butterfly Lady" Susan Payant of Marquette reads a short story about Monarchs entitled: "Waiting for Wings" by author/poet Lois Ehlert in July 2009 at the annual nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute Mi-Summer Festival in Marquette. (Photos by Greg Peterson) For a second year, Susan Payant of Marquette, nicknamed "The Butterfly Lady," taught Zaagkii Project teens about the importance of Monarch butterflies and native plants. At the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute 2009 MidSummer Festival at Presque Isle Pavilion in Marquette during July, Payant reads a childrens short story/poem entitled: "Waiting for Wings" by Lois Ehlert, author, poet, designer, illustrator. Erika Niebler The students learned that butterflies are just as important pollinators as bees.

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European beekeepers observed a similar phenomenon in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and initial reports have also come in from Switzerland and Germany, albeit to a lesser degree. Possible cases of CCD have also been reported in Taiwan since April 2007. Pollinator Pleasure: Leya Hale, University of South Dakota http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Jjron http://www.upea.com/filesfordownloading/Baragadraft.pdf The Nicholas Estes, University of South Dakota

Ã Â Hiawatha National Forest Service offices email Rev. Jon Magnuson

Robert Warrior, NAISA President 2009-2010 http://www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC%20Tribal%20Youth%20Zaa gkii%20Project/Teens%20Help%20with%20Sweet%20Nature%20Project.htm Soothing Thai Chi from expert Rick Pietila is sought by famous bands for his techie expertise: Blueberries being pollinated by bumblebees. Bumblebee hives need to be bought each year as the queens must hibernate (unlike honey bees). They are used nonetheless as they offer advantages with certain fruits as blueberries (such as the fact that they are active even at colder outdoor ambient temperature) A picture showing blueberry pollination by bumblebees, aswell as the system of furrow irrigation using siphon tubes. Pictures were taken at "blueberry fields", Koersel, Belgium. Cedar Tree Institute (CTI) Winter 2009 Newsletter Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project Contacts and Links: USFS wildflowers page Ã Â Assorted vegetables, herbs,flowers,and seedlings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroy_butterfly 5th floor Using hoops, spray paint, and other tricks, Edwards showed the teens that many things can be built out of everyday products including the beehive, bees and the butterfly. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Honeybee-cooling_cropped.jpg NativeVillage.org 2009 Zaagkii Story and photos:

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Native American Heritage: --Ã Â --Amanda Emerson Ã Â 2727 North Lincoln Road

Emmanuel Kawedi, Congas, Percussion, Vocals

Zaagkii Project students watch beekeeper Dr. Jim Hayward use a gripper to remove frames from the hives behind his home in Negaunee, MI during June 2009. (Photo by Erika Niebler) Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute board member Steve Mattson speaks to supports in July 2009 at the annual CTI Mid-Summer Festival in Marquette, MI email NMU Lutheran Campus Ministry Ã Â Behind some gigantic heads of greens, Zaagkii students learned that nothing grows without pollinators. Photo by Erika Niebler) Pass the Comb: Ã Â Zaagkii Project videos on bliptv --1-520-742-6000 Hayward Honey: http://www.naturenorth.com/spring/bug/mcloak/Fmcloak.html

http://www.kbic-nsn.gov/files/newsletter/Sept_2008.pdf Former school teacher Bruce Ventura (pictured in above collage) of Marquette taught the Zaagkii Project students to build mason bee houses during the summer of 2009 at the Grace United Methodist Church in Marquette.(Photos by Greg Peterson) Erika is a Northern Michigan University (NMU) student and volunteers for numerous Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute initiatives including the Zaagkii Project, Zaagkii Project photographer, NMU Lutheran Campus Ministry student leader and photographer email Jim Edwards, museum General Programming and Explainers Director The pair taught the teens to seek a "symbiotic relationship" with the earth because "nowadays we are more of a parasite to the planet," Levi Tadgerson said. "We need to respect the gift we have been given by Mother Earth."

Beekeeper Dr. Jim Hayward speaks in July 2009 to Zaagkii Project supporters at the annual Mid-

Summer Festival hosted by the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in the pavilion on Marquette's Presque Isle that's surrounded on three sides by Lake Superior. (Photos by Greg Peterson) Ã Â http://www.thebutterflysite.com 414-297-3664 The students learned that the mushrooms are grown by drilling holes in logs that are filled with mushroom spawn. (Photos by Erika Niebler) --Ã Â The plant chosen as a cultivar may have been bred deliberately, selected from plants in cultivation, or discovered in the wild. Cultivars can be asexual clones or seed-raised. Clones are genetically identical and will appear so when grown under the same conditions. --During the first summer (2008) of the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project, teens built, painted and handed out butterfly houses - that a slimmer and longer than bird houses with entries for butterflies with folded wings and a slab of bark for rest and reproduction. The teens also visited the beekeeping operations of beekepers Jim Hayward and Lee Ossenheimer of Gather'n Greens. (Photos by Erika Niebler) Wiki May 2007 Photograph of a Monarch Butterfly by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson email Jan Schultz Deb Le Blanc, USDA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BlueberryPollinationByBumblebees.jpg Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, MI Hiawatha National Forest Greenhouse: Pollinator Week is June 21-27, 2010 http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/internships/farmdetails.php?FarmName=&City=&State=MI&Keywor d=&allDate=0&page=1&FarmID=1957

USDA Forest Service Eastern Region The plants were later planted along the KBIC Sand Point beach in Baraga County that was once polluted by copper mining operations. Two photos on bottom right show the Sand Point beach after the copper tailings were covered and before the native plants were planted. "When they are gorged with honey they are more docile," he said. "The key is moving slowly and trying to be a gentle as you can be Ã¢EUR" so the bees don't get too excited." Part 2: Sand Point Restoration Ã Â KBIC Pow-wow: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Biene_88a.jpg The Zaagkii students were amazed by all the animals that roam the organic Dancing Crane Farm run by Natasha and David Gill, who understand the importance of protecting pollinators.

Marquette, MI --Vegetable and flower garden production increases when "native plants are in close proximity," she said, "because the pollinators that people want to pollinate their squash or tomatoes need to have food all summer long." A honeybee on an apiary, cooling by flapping its wings in TÃ Â¼bingen-Hagelloch. Angie Lucas, contractor, Hiawatha National Forest Greenhouse Manager http://ncrs.fs.fed.us/4902/focus/restoration/brownfield

Turning to the band, Terracotta half-life (pictured below) of Marquette, Pitawanakwat said "megwich for your inspirational songs." Bees disappearing around the world: Richard Burkmar (editor of Space for Nature) graduated from the University College of Cardiff in 1984 with a degree in zoology and a PhD in avian ecology in 1989. He currently works for Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service where he manages the North Merseyside Biodiversity Action Plan (Liverpool, St. Helens, Knowsley and Sefton Boroughs). 1-414-297-1189 (wk) Ã Â Ã Â http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcatcher_(Native_American) Sarah Swanson Teens, college students and older adults ... Organic Mushrooms: --Lessons on protecting pollinators was not lost on the Zaagkii Project teens. Nature's Best Friends: North American Pollinator Protection Campaign Working to protect the pollinators of the North American continent ---

Pollinator News from Pollinator Partnership Borealis Seed Company is run by the mother-daughter team of Judy Keast and Suzanne Rabitaille on a 20-acre spread three miles south of Big Bay of which about 5 acres is cultivated. (Photos by Erika Niebler) emails: "I learned that there are 4,000 different species of bees," Bobbie Weymouth, 14, of Beaver Grove told project supporters at the CTI Midsummer Festival. Created in 2007 by Jerry Seinfeld and DreamWorks Animation Beekeepers: Creative Teens: Botany, Non-native Invasive Species Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder "Holy cow, that's a lot of bees," said Nelson, who also handled a honeybee drone that doesn't have a stinger. Future Beekeeper: 85718 Keweenaw Peninsula: Michigan's Copper Country: For more info call 906-201-0020 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Honeybee-cooling.jpg

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Sweet Honey: Ã Â Bio about the one and only Obadiah Metivier, a band member, overall techie genious and Zaagkii Project volunteer webmaster and technical guru (Above five photos by Erika Niebler) Jan Schultz, USFS http://healingweb.blogspot.com

"The insect pollinators in North America evolved with indigenous plants and so they are really wellsuited to pollinate them," Schultz said after watching the teens make the houses in Marquette.

--http://www.vanishingbees.com Another collaboration between the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute and the Keweenaw bay Indian Community Pictures and information provided by the Oxford Bee Company & Buckingham Nurseries and Garden Centre website Looking Sharp: Marquette County Juvenile Court ----Zaagkii Project students work in one of the vast fields with native species plants in the summer of 2009 at the Dancing Crane Farm in Skandia, MI (Photo by Erika Niebler) 906-786-4062 --http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/viceroy.htm http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/zaagkii--wings-seeds-project.php During the CTI Midsummer festival, KBIC Tribal President Chris Swartz Jr. (bottom left photo in collage) announced the building of a native plants greenhouse that scheduled to be built in 2010 on tribal property near Baraga. (Photos by Greg Peterson) Wind Pollinated Rye photo by Paul Billiet and Shirley Burchill

"We're the quiet people and we like to keep it that way" Photo by Kristof Van der Poorten Wikipedia username KVDP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:European_honey_bee_extracts_nectar.jpg Organic Farm Wildlife:

http://www.bentler.us/eastern-washington/insects/mourning-cloak.aspx Gather'n Greens Ã Â Larry Stritch Cedar Tree Institute/Zaagkii project organizers meet with officials with the KBIC Natural Resource Department (bottom middle photo) in the summer of 2008 to plan the Sand Point native plants project.

Zaagkii Project instructors Levi Tadgerson and Leora Tadgerson of Negaunee, MI are interns from the Northern Michigan University center for Native American Studies in Marquette. Leora is pictured teaching the teens how to recognized various plants indigenous to the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan near Lake Superior. (Photo by Greg Peterson)

Zaagkii Project teens learned respect for nature and themselves during the summer of 2009. (Photo by Erika Niebler) Ã Â

Photo of an Red Mason Bee couple (osmia rufa) by AndrÃ Â© Karwath of German Wikipedia also known as AKA (AndrÃ Â© Karwath): Bumblebee photo by Oxford Bee Company/Buckingham Nurseries and Garden Centre

Jim Edwards at the Upper Peninsula Children's Museum who is in charge of "General Programming and Explainers Director"

"If they need to make a queen they take worker larva and feed it a special extract from their heads called Royal Jelly and that larva grows into a queen instead of a worker." ---

NMU CNAS Conference info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollinator_decline Members of the Chicago area band Dragon Fire Parade pictured are Andy Wicklund (upper left), Chris Hammond (upper right), Peter Nemanich (lower left) and Tim Obert (lower right).

Manoomin Project counselor Dave Anthony, who belongs to the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa (Ottawa) Indian, and Northern Michigan University Center for Native American studies: "We're the quiet people and we like to keep it that way," Mattson said. "We like to do big things and we can only do big things through each of you." Ã Â http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aka Ã Â Lots of different handouts & ideas for National Pollinator Week Dreamcatcher: "You can brush them off an area with this gentle brush and it won't damage the bees," Hayward said. 2008 Zaagkii Projects Teens:

(Above photos courtesy Erika Niebler and Greg Peterson)

Anishinaabemowin Way Ã Â Relaxation techniques like Tai Chi are now part of the Zaagkii teens repertoire thanks to martial artist Rick Pietila of Marquette, MI who gave several demonstrations including Tai Chi fundamentals. (Above Photo by Greg Peterson) Wikipedia on Cultivars & Hybrids: Hayward and his wife Martha love the taste of honey and he says his beekeeping hobby has nothing to do with trying to keep youth from eating sugar and avoid dental problems - it's a pleasant coincidence. (Photos by Erika Niebler) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Osmia_rufa_couple_(aka).jpg http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,215966.%20shtml Owned by Natasha and David Gill http://www.mmnow.com/z_current_a/b/c/city_notes.html Ã Â

Butterfly and endangered species hibernacula: Mail stop 1103 http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch

Ã Â Philanthropic Mattson Family: Marquette, MI Colony Collapse Disorder (or CCD) is a poorly understood phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or Western honey bee colony abruptly disappear. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, the term Colony Collapse Disorder was first applied to a drastic rise in the number of disappearances of Western honey bee colonies in North America in late 2006. --Female Monarch photo:

Nature Naturally: Wind Pollinated plants like Rye are important but are not food sources for pollinators: Pointing to the edge of the honey-oozing tray in the bright sun, Hayward said "you can see the glistening of honey there." http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/michigan-teens-native-american-youth,593342.shtml

Ã Â Native Understanding: Dancing Crane Farm Protecting Pollinators: Beekeeper: --Ã Â "I think the earth is suffering," she said. "Indicator plants like wild rice that don't grow as much anymore because of the way we have abused the earth."

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Hiawatha National Forest website Getting their hands in the soil at At Gather'n Greens in Negaunee Township, MI, Zaagkii Project students learned about organic vegetables, indigenous herbs - and the transplanting of veggie and herb seedlings. Beekeeper Lee Ossenheimer and wife Dr. Lisa Long own the organic farm Gather'n Greens along the Dead River in northern Michigan. (Photos by Erika Niebler) Botanist Terry Miller is pictured planting plugs in this USFS photo "It's tremendous that the (KBIC) have shown the leadership and the vision to have the first greenhouse for native species plants in the U.S. on their native land," Mattson said. (Next five photos by Erika Niebler) ---

Teen Devon Myers of Marquette told Zaagkii Project supporters at the CTI Midsummer Festival that the students "made 36 mason bee houses and we are giving some of them away tonight."

The teens built a huge beehive with help from Jim Edwards at the U.P. Children's Museum, who created a large butterfly for the Zaagkii Project in 2008. Zaagkii Project eighth grader Tanya Nelson (left), 13, of Ishpeming, MI uses a fork to enjoy the fresh honey provided by Dr. Lisa Long. (Photo by Greg Peterson) Jerry Kippola, Guitar Ã Â Ã Â --49855 Some of the students returned in 2009 to participate in the second summer of the Zaagkii Project during which mason bee houses were built, painted and distributed.

The Queen's Servant: North American Pollinator Protection Campaign #2 (NAPPC)

Above Photo of Larry Stritch from the Arizona Native Plant Society publication entitled "The Plant Press" "Oooohh," several of the astonished youths said at once. Happy and Unafraid: Earlier, Weymouth explained what he'd learned about mason bees as he nailed and sanded mason bee houses. Zaagkii Project teens went swimming in Dead River Basin after tasting honey and visiting with beekeeper Lee Ossenheimer. It's a family affair as the couple's children taught the students about the art of beekeeping. (Photo by Greg Peterson) 400 Munising Ave. Ã Â

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Owned by Lee Ossenheimer and his wife, Dr. Lisa Long in Negaunee Township, MI along the Dead River. --Larry Stritch honored for USFS Celebrating Wildflowers website Fri 3/12/2010: Marquette Food Co-op Meeting of Owners Nettin' to be Afraid of: --Using a smoker that burns dried sumac, Hayward said the smoke "simulates a forest fire" triggering a protective instinct that causes the bees "to gorge themselves with honey in preparation for leaving the hive." --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ram-Man Todd Warner, Director of KBIC Natural Resource Department (NRD) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/3402_white_WV_ws.jpg http://www.uprcd.org/projects.asp "In some instances they have a mutualistic relationship, where they are pollinated by one insect and one plant species, so it can be really specific," she said. The USFS is part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollinator_decline

Hearty Greens: --Ã Â Linc Kesler, University of British Columbia, Canada Ã Â KBIC Tribal Council President Warren C. "Chris" Swartz Jr. --Zaagkii Project Fellowship:

email Nheena Weyer Ittner, director of the U.P. Children's Museum Native Times Zaagkii pollinators story: The Value of Honey Bees As Pollinators of U.S. Crops in 2000 by Drs. Roger Morse and Nicholas Calderone of Cornell University (2000) : Ã Â

Run by mother-daughter team of Judy Keast and Suzanne Rabitaille cultivating about 5 acres of a 20acre spread three miles south of Big Bay, Michigan. http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/monarch.htm The organic Gather'n Greens Farm in Negaunee Township, MI was another opportunity for students to grow native species plants during summer of 2009. (Photo by Erika Niebler) Pollinator Partnership Movie

Manoomin Project:

Getting a Grip: Organizer & Chair: --Terracotta half-life biography

Transplanting Native Species: Munising, MI Steve Mattson and his family (and friends) have a long history of supporting the Upper Peninsula business community, nonprofit initiatives and people ... The fourth annual National Pollinator Week will be held from June 21-27th. Think about an event at your school, garden, church, store, etc. Ã Â 1-520-621-5083 "It doesn't have a stinger? Are you positive?," asked apprehensive teen Keith Gelsinger of Marquette. Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute Winter 2008 newsletter that mentions Rick Pietila Ã Â Pietilla is an instructor of San Shou, Tai Chi and other martial arts. http://blog.americanfeast.com/indigenous_food Ã Â

Children's butterfly links: NASA, Kids and the Environment: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay with Zaagkii Students:

shows a honeycomb frame to Zaagkii Project volunteer Taylor Dianich, 16, a MSHS Junior. Jesse has learned a lot about his parents beekeeping operations at their business Gather'n Greens in Negaunee, Township, MI. (Photo by Greg Peterson) The teens likely have "never been that close to a bee hive before," said Jim Rule, a child care counselor at Marquette County Youth Home. "Even the kids that did not have any protective gear were right up close too," Rule said. "I was amazed at how brave they were." Northern Michigan University Center for Native American Studies (CNAS) --Char Beesley, Environment Specialist

Photo by Mila Zinkova of Monarch butterflies migration and cluster on Nov. 25, 2007 in Santa Cruz to spend a winter via Wikipedia Creative Commons. During migration Monarch butterflies travel up to three thousand miles. Food, Food Food: Bumblebees: Buckingham Nurseries and Garden Centre

Goldenrod flowers photographed in western Fountain County, Indiana on September 15, 207 via Wikipedia creative commons Honoring Mother Earth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Severnjc Ã Â "The queen excluder keeps the queen from getting up into the honey chambers and laying eggs so you don't get larval bees into the honey," he said. "These two chambers are the brood chambers, where the hive raises its new bees." Pollinator Partnership Dragon Fire Parade:

Ã Â Ã Â --"We greet each day and end each day with a thank you prayer," Pitawanakwat said. Zaagkii Project eighth grader Tanya Nelson (left), 13, of Ishpeming, MI holds a frame used by beekeepers to have bees create honeycombs. Below, teen Brandon Maki sniffs the wax smell of the honeycomb tray after the honey is removed. (Photo by Greg Peterson)

--http://www.sierrapotomac.org/W_Needham/MourningCloak_060319.htm Zaagkii Project teens visited the Peter White Public Library in Marquette, MI during the summer of 2009to learn facts about pollinators, native species plants and the effect of both on the food they eat. The teens learned about the various species of indigenous plants in northern Michigan and Midwest - and spread their knowledge to others including the fact that pollinators are keystone to the survival of all life on this planet because the service provided by bees, butterflies and other pollinators are the reason plants, trees, vegetables and fruit grow - and that food is vital to all forms of life. (Photos by Erika Niebler) Both years the teens planted and distributed thousands of native species plants. (Photo by Greg Peterson) 906-524-5757 The smoker causes the bees to quickly consume honey for possible transport to a new hive and the honey relaxes the bees so they won't sting while being handled. Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. 2006. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org Environmental Health Science of Columbia University Marquette County Juvenile Court and Project WEAVE Zaagkii Project videos on youtube 906-387-2512 ext. 19 Like Shop Class:

United State Forest Service (USFS) Celebrating Wildflowers and Pollinators websites The teens visited Laughing White Fish Falls in Alger County, the organic Dancing Crane Farm run by Natasha and David Gill in Skandia, and planted native species plants at the Borealis Seed Company owned by Sue Rabitaille in Big Bay. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_arthropod NMU CNAS Zaagkii Project interns: Levi Tadgerson of Negaunee and sister, Leora Tadgerson of Marquette, members of Bay Mills Indian Community

Upper Peninsula Children's Museum Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) Ã Â Chris O'Toole is the director of Bee Systematics and Biology Unit at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Ã Â "The bees are going to put pollen it these holes and put mud in and then they hatch an egg," said Weymouth, whose brother Daniel participated in the Manoomin Project, a CTI environment initiative that paired Marquette teens with Native American elders to restore wild rice to seven remote rivers and lakes across the U.P.

--The mason bee houses are now in yards across Marquette County. The mason bee houses and last summer's butterfly houses were put up around the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and one of each were placed by the USFS in the "The People's Garden" at U.S. Department of Agriculture Headquarters on the National Mall in Washington D.C. info@NAPPC.org; LDA@pollinator.org --http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/butterflies/monarch/index.html Ã Â Zaagkii Project teens use a variety of tools to construct mason bee houses during the summer of 2009 in Marquette, MI with help from former shop teacher Bruce Ventura of Marquette. (Above photos by Greg Peterson) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Waugsberg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Biene_88a.jpg

http://www.wildlife-gardening.org.uk/default.asp?gallery=Galleries\Animals\Insects\Bumblebees\bo mbus-pascuorum-040616.xml Goldenrod photo by Kurt Stueber aka Kurt StÃ Â¼ber via Wikipedia creative commons "I learned that Monarch butterflies only eat and lay their eggs on milkweed," said Jake Gentz, 16, who will be a senior this fall at Marquette Senior High Schools email Dragon Fire Parade: Dr. Jim Hayward flickr username: izarbeltza http://www.farminfo.org/bees/mason-bees.htm Yummy Tummy Honey: http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0044.html Tim Obert, Guitar

Outstanding in Their Field: Kim Klopstein, one of the summer youth supervisors for the KBIC Summer Youth Program

Zaagkii Project teen Jacob Feliciano of Skandia, a Gwinn Middle School seventh grader, holds a kitten at the Dancing Crane Farm in Skandia, MI. The farm has lotds of exotic species of ildlife and the students learned respect for all of nature's beings. (Photo by Erika Niebler)

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Deb Le Blanc, WestSide Plant Ecologist at the Hiawatha National Forest office in Munising, MI

Mason bees - bee houses in wood: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered/lists/michigan-cty.html Bees have always been killed by a wide-range of predators.

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94111 Wed 2/10/2010: Upfront http://www.dreamcatcher.com/home.php Chris Hammond, Drums Zaagkii Project teams spent hours and hours in the deep northwoods learning about native species plants including learning about the different benefits of the plants such as medicinal from Native American teachings thanks to NMU Center for Native American Studies Zaagkii project interns Leora and Levi Tadgerson. (Photos by Erika Niebler)

Ã Â 906-475-9338 Teen Beekeepers: 415-362-3070 (fax)

Ã Â --Zaagkii Project teen volunteer Anatoly Nelson holds a honeybee drone, that doesn't have a stinger and can't even feed itself but has the vital duty of mating with the queen. The teens were amazed that drones can not sting. (Photo by Greg Peterson) 423 Washington Street Wikipedia username: Pilar Healthy Lunch thanks to Pollinators: (Photo by Erika Niebler) http://actazool.nhmus.hu/48/konvicka.pdf Marquette Monthly Nov. 2008 (scroll down): Zaagkii Project teens were taught an appreciation for all natural things and enjoyed this respite during 2009 in the chilly summer waters of Lake Superior in Marquette, MI - the world's largest freshwater lake. Ã Â

49862 Zaagkii Project teen Devon Myers checks out the sunlit honeycomb frames used by beekeepers and their bees to create honey. (Photo by Greg Peterson)

--Hayward explained that the bitter sumac burning in his bee smoker makes a great tea that tastes like lemon. http://www.saulttribe.com/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=959&Itemid=266 Marquette teens listen to Zaagkii Project founder Rev. Jon Magnuson while sitting on the edge of a bike path that parallels the Marquette Upper Harbor next the the old iron ore docks once used by giant ships to haul ore to steels mills on the lower Great Lakes - ships like the Edmund Fitzgerald (Photos by Erika Niebler) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Warden

The Zaagkii Project is sponsored by the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute (CTI), Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) and the United States Forest Service (USFS). Beekeeper Jim Hayward (right) of Negaunee Township, MI explains how to operate a smoker to Taylor Dianich, 16, a Marquette Senior High School (MSHS) junior (center) and When they were not building butterfly houses, mason bee houses and distributing/planting native species plants, the Zaagkii Project students had time to become friends, reflect on their work and enhance social skills during lunches, outdoor bar-b-ques and other time for bonding and fun. (Photos by Erika Niebler) "We honor the presence of the Native Americans," said Marquette banker and CTI board member Steve Mattson. http://www.naturenorth.com/summer/bgarden/bttgrdF.html

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Ã Â --San Francisco, CA A European honey bee collects nectar, while pollen collects on its body. Ã Â email Kurt Stueber http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivar