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EXHIBIT : <<BEES AND HUMANS>>

  • Free entrance to visit the exhibit
  • On your arrival, meet Mr. Fortin, a beekeeper for many years : A vision of our patrimony.
  • Bees, 70 millions years before humankind : See a bee fossilized in amber.
  • Prehistoric honey harvest : Rock painting 8.000 years old.
  • From the Pharaons to Napoleon, the myths and symbols of bees.
  • The history of beekeeping in Quebec is conjugated in the feminine.
  • The first hives in Quebec : Butter boxes, nail boxes...
  • Who stings you ? A way to demystify stinging insects.
  • Bees as travellers and prospectors : See their toolbox.
  • Bee dances...
  • Observe live bees working in giant, glass hives.
  • An interactive quiz to navigate through the "beenet."
  • Hive products : Honey and other extraordinary products.
  • Riddle : What is the relationship between a bee and a Stradivarius?
  • A collection of bee curios.
  • The audacity of flowers in seducing bees.
  • The bees go to the blueberry fields.
  • Honeys of the world : Exotic colors and flavors.

 

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