{"id":118328,"date":"2026-01-22T11:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=118328"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:42:52","slug":"lunchtime-discovery-cultivating-curiosity-how-akeem-keeps-bees-connects-children-to-nature-food-and-purpose","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/lunchtime-discovery-cultivating-curiosity-how-akeem-keeps-bees-connects-children-to-nature-food-and-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchtime Discovery: Cultivating Curiosity: How Akeem Keeps Bees Connects Children to Nature, Food and Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-118329\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-25-1024x606.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cLunchtime Discovery Series\u201d banner with the title \u201cBlack History Month: Legacies of People and Place,\u201d featuring visuals of a children\u2019s science book about bees, a New York Public Library Best Books display, an author and child at a library event, and beekeepers examining honeycombs outdoors.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-25-1024x606.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-25-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-25-500x296.jpg 500w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-25-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-25-1536x909.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Email-Header_Feb.-25.jpg 1847w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Join us in-person in the SECU Daily Planet Theater or <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/K502Y836C94?feature=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch the livestream on YouTube.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This talk explores the story behind the book, <em>Akeem Keeps Bees<\/em> and how children\u2019s literature can spark curiosity about bees, food and our relationship to the natural world. Through personal storytelling and real-world experiences, Kamal Bell shares how books can help cultivate early stewardship, wonder and a sense of belonging in nature.<\/p>\n<p>Kamal Bell, Founder, Sankofa Farms<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Live Presentation hosted by NC Museum of Natural Sciences\u2019 SECU Daily Planet Curator Chris Smith and the NC Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs staff. Brought to you by the NC DEQ Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe class=\"embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/K502Y836C94\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in-person in the SECU Daily Planet Theater or watch the livestream on YouTube. This talk explores the story behind the book, Akeem Keeps Bees and how children\u2019s literature can spark curiosity about bees, food and our relationship to the natural world. Through personal storytelling and real-world experiences, Kamal Bell shares how books can&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/lunchtime-discovery-cultivating-curiosity-how-akeem-keeps-bees-connects-children-to-nature-food-and-purpose\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,13,6,14,7,15,170,8,173],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/118328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/118328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118330,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/118328\/revisions\/118330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118328"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=118328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}