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Tick Talk: One Bite Can Change Your Life

Brewster Ladies' Library 1822 main St., Brewster, MA

Lyme Disease is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in Massachusetts and is now considered to be a public health crisis. In addition to Lyme, deer ticks can carry the pathogens which cause Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, Relapsing Fever and Powassan virus, all of which can be very serious. This program presented by Cape Cod Cooperative Extension's County […]

How Can We Help Bees?

Brewster Ladies' Library 1822 main St., Brewster, MA

Pollination Ecology – How Can We Help Bees? How Can We Help Bees? Pollination Ecology with Larry Dapsis, Barnstable County Entomologist Honeybees, both locally and nationally have been suffering catastrophic losses.  This program will review honeybee biology and the factors responsible for this problem.  In addition, we will review the state of wild pollinators like […]

Meet Cape Cod’s Groundwater Guardians at the Brewster Ladies’ Library Central Library

Brewster Ladies' Library 1822 main St., Brewster, MA

Cape Cod Groundwater Guardians is a group of County staff working to preserve and protect Cape Cod's aquifer (our drinking water). Meet Brian and Kalliope as they chat about who the Groundwater Guardians are, projects they are working on, and how they get info out to the public, such as through their podcast series “One […]