Newton Conservators will host its annual dinner meeting at 6PM on Thursday, May 7, at the American Legion Post 440 on 295 California Street in Newton. Standard tickets are $65 and Nature Advocate tickets are $125. The deadline to register is May 1.
The social gathering will start at 6PM, followed by dinner and awards presentations at 7PM. As dessert begins, Dr. Nick Dorian, research fellow at the Chicago Botanic Garden, will present a talk on “The Secret Lives of Native Bees.” Nick will introduce some of the fascinating wild bees of eastern North America and their varied lifestyles, habitat needs, and relationships with native flowering plants and other insects. He will explain why bees are essential for a healthy environment and how to help these important pollinators. (At Nick’s request, Newton Conservators will not be recording his talk.)
Nick is a pollinator ecologist and consultant who has developed methods to study wild bees throughout their life cycles and co-authored a popular field guide to bee identification. As a consultant, Nick has worked with landscape architects, urban planners, and land managers to envision and improve the conservation outcomes of design projects and green space for both people and nature, such as for the award-winning Somerville Action Plan.
Nick received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Biology at Tufts University and did his postdoctoral research fellowship in Biology at the Chicago Botanic Garden. As of August, he will be an Assistant Professor at the City College of New York.
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