Join the Bernheim Beekeepers in welcoming 10,000 honeybees to their new home! From the safety of the Wildlife Viewing Room, visitors can watch as the bees are moved from delivery package to hive. Beekeepers will guide visitors through the installation process and provide the fascinating “buzz” about beekeeping efforts at Bernheim. FREE $5 per car […]
A Native Perennial Garden Doesn’t Have to be Boring
Spring planting season is rapidly approaching, so as you consider the seeds and starters to purchase, think about planting native perennials! An expanding U.S. greenhouse and nursery market is providing greater access to exotic and hardy plants never before offered to home gardeners and hobbyists. However, having nonnative plants in your garden can require a […]
Tagging Monarchs Year 2
For the second year in a row, Bernheim staff tagged monarchs on their fall migration to Mexico. 100 monarch were tagged from mid-September to mid-October in the arboretum and the natural areas. Fifty-one of the monarch were males, and forty-nine were females. Olivia Belk, who is part of our education team, tagged several of the […]
Bernheim Pollinators: The Yucca Moth
As children, it’s the little things that we often notice: the ants parading through a jungle of grasses, a caterpillar munching on a leaf or a spider waiting for her dinner. Taking delight in the small details of nature can illuminate the remarkable inter-connectiveness of life and bring a bigger picture into focus. Even as […]
Meet the Viceroy, Kentucky’s state butterfly
It’s fall again, and usually at this time everyone is seeing the Monarchs on their migration south. However, there is another orange butterfly that can also be seen now and is easily confused with Monarchs, the Viceroy Butterfly (Limenitis archippus). Viceroy are Kentucky’s state butterfly and look similar to monarch. They are normally found in […]