Bee Beard To Kick Off Fundraising Effort in Pullman

Washington State University will kick off a fundraising campaign Friday to build a Bee and pollinator Research Center on the Pullman Campus.  To help launch the effort in the right direction WSU Provost, and former Interim President Dan Bernardo has agreed dawn a bee beard Friday afternoon.  Bernardo said this is a fun, lighthearted way to kick off their capital project.  He added WSU has been in the honeybee business for quite some time.

“WSU really has one of the preeminent agriculture programs in the nation,  and really this is about trying to expand that program.”

He added their goal with this fundraising effort is to match a prominent facility with the existence of a prominent program that already exists.  Is he concerned about getting stung?

“There’s a lot of people who are more concerned about that than me.  You know, I will tell you that this idea seemed like a lot better idea two months ago when I first signed up for it. [laughter].”

Friday’s bee beard will take place at 2 p.m., at the Lewis Alumni Center near the corner of Wilson and Lincoln in Pullman.