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Harvard 16B Extracurriculars Cambridge, Boston, and beyond Events on and offcampus in May and June

16J Japan, Over Time Alluring woodblock prints at the Harvard Art Museums

16N Of Rocks, Cliffs, and Bouldering Getting outside—to climb!

16R All Abuzz Learn about bees at work around Boston

16T Commencement Highlights of the week’s celebratory events

16L Botanical Bounty Delving into New England’s springtime flora at Garden in the Woods

16W Spring Fare A selection of favored Greater Plus Harvard Commencement & Reunion Guide Boston restaurants

Harvard Magazine 16A Har v ard Squ ared Just named the top Coldwell Banker sales team in the world. Humorist Peter Sagal Extracurriculars harvardboxoffice.edu An evening with the radio host and cultural Document1Document1 11/20/03 11/20/03 11:51 11:51 AM AM Page Page 1 1 Events on and off campus during May and June commentator (and 1987 College alumnus), #futuresobright whose latest ruminations appear in The SEASONAL Beacon Hill Garden Club Incomplete Book of Running. (May 17) Ceramics Program Spring Show beaconhillgardenclub.org https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu Explore more than 10 “hidden” private Cambridge Arts River Festival The annual event showcases unique objects gardens in one of Boston’s most historic cambridgema.gov by more than 70 artists. (May 9-12) neighborhoods. (May 16) This communal jamboree celebrates its for- tieth year with live performances of dance, From left: Singer/rapper Maimouna Youssef, a.k.a. Mama Fresh, at the Gardner Museum; an 1884 Gorham Silver tureen, at RISD; and Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl music, and theater, along with art vendors

Friday, the classic newspaper film by Howard Hawks, at the Harvard Film Archive and international foods. New this year: any- COURTESYFROM THELEFT: OFISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUIM; COURTESY HARVARDFILMRISDOFARCHIVE MUSEUM ART; OF

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neer Wernher von Braun. He had devel- tion that led this Providence, Rhode Island, The Art and Evolution of the Guitar. teenth-century Parisian COURTESYTHEOFBRUCE MUSEUM oped the V-2 rocket as a weapon for Nazi manufacturer to put “uniquely American (June 22-September 22) nightlife in more than 200 ingenious and Hammerhead skull at the Bruce Museum Germany, and was among the technical design on the international stage.” evocative works. (Through August 4) professionals secretly relocated to the (Opens May 3) Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) United States after the war. Ultimately, he icaboston.org THEATER beats. Featuring band leader, saxophonist, worked for NASA and was the primary Cape Ann Museum Less Is a Bore: Maximalist Art & De- American Repertory Theater guitarist, and composer Jacques Pardo and architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle capeannmuseum.org sign reveals how artists “have sought to americanrepertorytheater.org poetic powerhouse/lead singer Regie Gib- used in the 1969 moon expedition. “Stephanie Cole—My Life in Pieces: rattle the dominance of modernism and We Live in Cairo is a new musical inspired son. Oberon. (June 6) The exhibition explores the scientifi Painting with Stuff” features the Rock- minimalism.” Examples include experimen- by the young Egyptians who revolted against contributions that led to the space mis- port artist’s ornate mosaic “memory sculp- tal works by Sanford Biggers and Jasper President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. The story NATURE AND SCIENCE

sion through artifacts from Houghton’s COLLECTION/COURTESY LOAN,ARTEFACTPRIVATE ON HOUGHTON tures.” (May 11-July 7) Johns, and “transgressive sculpture and fur- follows a handful of energetic students armed The Arnold Arboretum holdings, and from a private collector. Armstrong made to explain his imminent niture” by Lucas Samaras and Ettore Sott- with laptops, social media, and historic griev- arboretum.harvard.edu Thus, a diagram featuring the sun, not the mission to his father. Note, too, the star Wadsworth Atheneum sass. (June 26-September 22) ances. Book, music, and lyrics by Daniel Artist Paul Olson has long explored the ar- earth, as the center of the universe (from chart used to calibrate Eagle’s guidance Museum of Art Lazour and Patrick Lazour. Directed by Taibi boretum, sketchbook in hand, as reflected in Copernicus’s 1543 On the Revolutions of the system after landing on the lunar surface. thewadsworth.org Addison Gallery of American Art Magar. Loeb Drama Center. (May 14-June 16) Drawn to Paint, a new exihbit of his land- Celestial Spheres), and Galileo’s early tele- Signed by Buzz Aldrin, it’s still flecked with Be Seen: Portrait Photography Since addisongallery.org scapes and other works. (May 10-July 21) scopic images of the moon (from his 1610 moon dust. vn.p.b. Stonewall highlights works—by Robert Multiple works, by Romare Bearden, Jordan Atlas Soul: Assume the Position. This Starry Messenger), share display space with Houghton Library Mapplethorpe, Catherine Opie, Paul Mpagi Casteel, Aaron Douglas, and others, illus- world-music ensemble takes audiences on Bring blankets and chairs for a special out- a penned sketch of the lunar module that https://library.harvard.edu/libraries Sepuya, and others—that explore the post- trate just how a place can become an art- a poly-rhythmic tour of Afro-Mediterranean door performance of Pride and Prejudice,

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16H May - June 2019 Harvard Magazine 16I Har v ard Squ ared staged by the Actors’ Shakespeare Project Your Hands Dirty!—Soil Science” employs often controversial works—among them and based on an adaptation of the Jane Aus- digital probes and data collection to un- Extreme Private Eros, The Emperor’s Naked ten classic by playwright Kate Hamill. (June earth natural treasures. (June 23). Army Marches On, and A Dedicated Life— 23; rain date June 24) which center on radical or marginalized FILM characters. (June 10-July 23) The new Science in Our Park Series Harvard Film Archive offers hands-on learning experiences for hcl.harvard.edu/hfa The Complete Howard Hawks highlights kids (ages five and up). “Dissection Dra- Extreme Cinema. The Action Documen- the versatile and influential Hollywood direc- matics—Flower Form” hones observation taries of Kazuo Hara. The Japanese film- tor. All of his extant works will be shown, and microscope skills (May 26) and “Get maker will be on hand for screenings of his from his silents and early talkies, to classics like Scarface, Bringing Up Baby, Gentlemen Pre- fer Blondes, and His Girl Friday, to later west- erns, like the taut 1966 El Dorado, with Rob- STAFF PICK: The Allure of Japanese Prints ert Mitchum, John Wayne, and James Caan. (June 14-August 18) Drawing from the Harvard Art Museums’ extensive collection of Japanese wood- block prints, “Japan on Paper,” opening May 25, examines the versatile art form and MUSIC its history. The technique was used “as early as the eighth century to produce Buddhist Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus texts,” according to museum exhibit notes; boxoffice.harvard.edu the nearly 50 featured prints span the early The group performs Joseph Haydn’s Edo period (1615-1868) through the twentieth The Seasons, with orchestra and pro- century, and capture cultural touchpoints— fessional soloists. Sanders Theatre. iconic mountainous scenery, Kabuki actors, (May 11) and beautiful women—as well as contempla- tive modern portraits. Boston Chamber Music Society The innovative artist Suzuki Harunobu, of boxoffice.harvard.edu the Edo era, was especially known for his ren- The program includes Sonata for Vio- derings of feminine grace. He pioneered the lin and Cello, by Maurice Ravel, and use of full-color reproduction technology that Two Rhapsodies for Viola, Oboe, and emerged in the 1760s, as evidenced in his Piano, by Charles Martin Loeffler. Woman Running to Escape a Sudden Shower, c. Sanders Theatre. (May 12) 1765-70. Black slashes of rain charge across the paper, juxtaposed against billowing folds Museum of Fine Arts of her silky red-trimmed kimono, the open mfa.org skirting revealing a lovely naked leg. The effect Guy Fishman: Bach Suites. The gives a subtle (or not so subtle) eroticism that principal cellist of the Handel and feels surprisingly liberating—and modern. Haydn Society surveys all six suites, To illustrate aspects of the printing process performing on his two Baroque in- during the New Prints (Shin hanga) movement, struments. (May 19) almost 200 years later, the museum has mounted a series of images by landscape art- IGNITE ist Kawase Hasui that were produced between 1945 and 1951. They all depict the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum same scene, of simple wooden houses by the ocean, gardnermuseum.org entitled A Cloudy Day in Mizuki, Ibaraki Prefecture. Yet Singer/rapper Maimouna Youssef, a.k.a. the mood of the place and forms differ depending on Mama Fresh, combines jazz, gospel, and the shifting colorations, from sketched and water- other incantations to honor “A Woman’s colored versions to the rich blue tones of the fully Worth.” With opening acts Dom Jones and SOMETHING realized woodblock color-print. SublimeLuv. (May 30) ONLY THE PERFECT CUT CAN UNLEASH Perhaps the most haunting piece in the show is the Portrait of Poet Hagiwara Sakutar ¯o (posthumous edition Zamir Chorale of Boston A DIAMOND’S BRILLIANCE. dated 1957; original dated 1943), by his friend the art- boxoffice.harvard.edu ist Onchi Koshir¯ o.¯ It was created a year after the poet, The award-winning ensemble, focused on

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190510_LuxBondGreen.indd 1 3/19/19 10:59 AM EXPLORATIONS Har v ard Squ ared native habitats and landscapes eroded by overlook them. People see something green garden, coastal zone, meadow, extensive man-made or natural disasters: the visitor- and think it’s good, but they don’t really see woodland garden—all designed and sus- trampled summit of Cadillac Mountain in the roles that very special individual spe- tainably maintained to offer various bloom Acadia National Park, for example, or the cies play in making everything else healthy.” times and transformative colors and tex- coastal destruction caused by Hurricane tural features from April 15 to October 15. Sandy. The trust also operates a leading T his growing season, a trip to Garden Trilliums are a spectacular springtime seed bank that is on track to collect seeds in the Woods might rectify that. There are draw. The “quintessential, ephemeral wood- Botanical Bounty of “the 387 globally and regionally rare spe- places to picnic or relax, and a rustic play- land species are delicate, not only in the way cies in New England by 2020,” says execu- ground for children, who can also try a do- they look, but in the way they grow,” ex- tive director Debbi Edelstein, who leads a it-yourself scavenger hunt to explore plants plains horticulturalist Dan Jaffe, a principal Delving into New England’s springtime flora staff of 25, along with hundreds of devoted and creatures. Guided or self-guided tours, propagator. “They are very susceptible to by nel l porter brown volunteer workers. The seed project is only included with the cost of admission, route changes in habitat, and to being nibbled: the part of its research support for horticultur- visitors through themed plantings—rock deer love them and trilliums can only handle ists and botanists worldwide; more than 200 year-round regional educational programs are open to anyone, as are online resources, like Go Botany and Plantfi der, and infor- mation to help track endangered species and eliminate harmful invasives. “Plants are the foundation of all life. No matter what you want to conserve, whether the interest is in birds, bats, or bugs—they all depend on REPLENISH YOUR SOUL plants,” Edelstein adds. “But people tend to Harvard Garden in the Friday Woods features 9am – Wheels Down the white spring Start rehearsing your funny Kirkland ephemerals—Tril- Dining Hall anecdotes during the rideshare lium grandifl rum from Logan. It’s offi cially reunion weekend! (far left), Trillium 1pm – Shopping Spree grandiflorum Time to restock your Crimson spirit at ‘multiplex’ (left), The Coop. Oh, look – a book sale too! and maroon 7pm – Party Time Trillium erectum After an afternoon nap wrapped in your (lower left)—along with meadowlands, goose-down comforter, you’re ready to meandering celebrate with your classmates. pathways, a frog pond, and live music during Saturday Trillium Week 9am – Campus Tour (May 5 -11). Hop on one of the hotel bikes to check out the exciting updates across the river in Allston or relive your glory days at Harvard Stadium. 1pm – Snack Stop Enjoy one of Mr. Bartley’s latest burger creations while you try to remember where you sat for that fi rst date. went y miles from Bos- 11pm – Late Night ton, amid suburban sprawl, Time to fi nd out if Hong Kong’s scorpion lies a 45-acre haven called bowls are still as good as you remember…. T Garden in the Woods. This “living museum” offers refreshing Sunday excursions through New England’s 10am – Breakfast diverse flora and landscapes: visitors may diverse environments. Bloody Marys, Benedicts, bacon. roam woodland paths; explore a lily pond The organization also Indulge for one last Harvard Square meal at Henrietta’s Table. alive with painted turtles, frogs, and drag- owns other botanical 2pm – Wheels Up onflies; or take the outer Hop Brook Trail. reserves in Maine, Ver- Time to head back to the real world, Owned by the Native Plant Trust (the re- mont, and New Hamp- your heart (and your suitcase) bursting named New England Wild Flower Society), shire, and as a nursery, with Crimson pride. the Framingham sanctuary serves as both it produces more than 50,000 native plants but plenty are cultivated from seeds in the its headquarters and proof of its successful annually, grown mostly from seeds found in greenhouse and stock beds at Garden in the BOOK YOUR HARVARD SQUARE GETAWAY Now! mission to conserve and promote regional the wild. Plants are grown primarily at its Woods. native plants to foster healthy, biologically Nasami Farm, in Whately, Massachusetts, Plants and gathered seeds help restore 1 BENNETT STREET • CAMBRIDGE, MA • 800.882.1818 • CHARLESHOTEL.COM

16L May - June 2019 Photographs courtesy of Native Plant Trust Harvard Magazine 16M and Garden in the Woods/Photography by Dan Jaffe Har v ard Squ ared so much before they succumb.” allows them to dwell in a forest with full during annual Trillium Week activities The “tri” refers to three leaves per plant, trees is that they only come out when the (May 5-11). Botanical tours and cultivation three petals per flo er, and three sepals, New England light is high. Then the trees workshops, along with options to purchase which resemble a cross between a leaf and leaf out and there’s no more growing be- plants from on-site propagation beds, cul- a petal, says Jaffe, co-author of Native Plants cause there’s too much shade, and they go minate in a Friday evening of “Trilliums and for New England Gardens (2018): “At first they dormant for the rest of the year.” Brews” with live music, craft beers, light kind of look like a lollipop on a stick, curled Garden in the Woods has 26 trillium fare, and strolls through the grounds. The into a ball shape, and then they pop up, and species—the largest collection north of flo ers range from white to pinks, yellows, unfurl.” And they demand to be met on their Delaware. That fact, and the serene beauty and a deep, maroon red; the leaves appear own terms: “The unique survival trait that of these early-spring risers, are celebrated in matte, mottled, and variegated forms.

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190549_GibsonSothebys.indd 1 3/26/19 12:15 PM Har v ard Squ ared Har v ard Squ ared reported; “his ashes were scattered of other native species, bloom across the and owned jointly with refuge for migratory and among his beloved plants.” landscape, and in the fall, native grasses the Vermont chapter of other shore birds, along In 2017, Native Plant Trust razed shine. The asters and goldenrods are the The Nature Conservancy. with endangered pink homeschool, after school, weekends, Curtis’s deteriorating cottage home last to bloom, toward the end of the sum- The much larger Hobbs lady’s-slippers. And this and vacation programs, ages 5-17 on the property. But care was taken, mer. “The rich darker colors come out— Fern Sanctuary, in Ly- summer, farther up the Edelstein notes, to keep the founda- the oranges, bronzes, and browns,” he says. man, New Hampshire, Maine coast, stop into tion, two walls, a stone floo , and the “There are rich hues of walnut and cherry. is home to more than 40 the Harvey Butler Rho- Students learn skeleton of the old greenhouse. A Brown has a bad reputation, and I’m trying varieties of these lush, dodendron Sanctuary alongside scientists small “cottage garden,” a work-in- to change that.” moisture-loving plants. to explore these hardy and engineers. progress this season, will creative- In Woolwich, Maine, the Robert P. Tris- New England flowering shrubs. Its grand, They develop and deepen ly incorporate the “ruins.” Those The organization’s programs, mean- tram Coffin Wildlife Reserve encompasses five-acre stand of great rosebay (Rhododen- critical thinking skills, as features are part of the larger, revi- while, explore native flora, micro-environ- 177 acres of sandy shores and tidal marsh- dron maximum), Edelstein adds, typically ex- they master core science and engineering concepts. talized Curtis Woodland Garden, ments, and regional ecology. This season es—prime wetland-species habitat and a plodes into bloom by mid July. The sanctuary offers season-long botanical where 20,000 new plants have been added includes: “Orchids of New England,” with splendor, and lots of ideas for backyard during the last three years. As a tribute, the trust botanist Neela de Zoysa (Garden in landscaping with native plants. space spotlights some of Curtis’s favorite the Woods, May 23); a landscape study of The star of the show might be Trillium gran- plants, and, therefore, “is the one place the Radcliffe Sunken Garden, (Cambridge, diflorum, a pristine white bloom that turns where we expand the plant palette to in- May 31); and “Citizen Science with the WHY I JOINED pink post-peak; Jaffe says scientists think clude species from the Piedmont and south- Beecology Project,” with the effort’s co- this signals to pollinators, “The job’s been ern Appalachia regions,” notes Edelstein, leader, Worcester Polytechnic Institute re- THE HARVARD done; go find another flo er.” along with a host of New England natives. search assistant professor Robert Gegear CLUB OF BOSTON An inquiry-led, lab It’s likely that the double-flo ered Among the new plants to watch for in (Nasami Farm, June 23; for more about bees, focus keeps each white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum ‘multi- the emerging cottage garden are maple- see page 16R). There are many dierent student engaged fully. plex’) was originally planted at Garden in leaf viburnums and small-scale sourwood Nasami Farm, near Northampton, opens reasons to join the Harvard the Woods by its founder, Will C. Curtis. trees. The latter are “absolutely beautiful for the season on April 27. It’s a fun day trip Club of Boston. Amy Norton Students explore and create In 1931 the landscape architect and lifelong trees that bloom in mid-to-late summer,” for those seeking to buy native plants from is a graduate of the Divinity together in sessions limited School at Harvard, and to eight students. plant collector bought 30 acres of the cur- Jaffe says, “with a series of dangling, long, its nursery. But the trust’s other sanctuar- rent Framingham site from the Old Colo- bell-shaped flo ers arranged almost like ies offer much more for visitors to explore. here’s why she joined. ny Railroad, which had used it for mining spikes.” In the fall, he adds, the “whole Edelstein recommends looking for “gor- gravel. The region was rural, and the prop- structure is covered with this shining bright geous ‘showy lady’s-slippers,’ wild orchids, erty, with its topography and landscape of red.” Sourwoods are also an ideal alternative and bog plants” this June at the 40-acre Es- glacier-carved ridges, gullies, and brooks, to the highly invasive burning bush plants, hqua Bog Natural Area, near Woodstock, captured his imagination. According to a which are illegal to sell in most New Eng- Vermont, an area saved from development I joined the Harvard Club as a graduate student 1991 American Horticulturist feature, Curtis land states; Edelstein notes, “We want peo- Some Native Plant Trust preserves offer to meet new people and network. While I was

was “eccentric and crusty”; although cre- ple to take it out of their gardens.” Diplazium pycnocarpon (above), and the job-searching after graduation, I was on a tight ating the garden became the focus of his life, Also of note this season is the garden’s rarer lady’s slipper Cypripedium reginae. Courses balance hands-on budget, yet I maintained my membership design challenges “his abrasive personality alienated a series “Kill Your Lawn” campaign, which high-

and experiments with of volunteer helpers until he hired Howard lights the cost of Americans’ lawn obses- because the Club had become a place where I round-table discussion. O. ‘Dick’ Stiles.” Stiles had lost his job in sion—the use of pesticides and other chemi- felt like I belonged. I met people at the Club the Depression, and “he too almost left, but cals, fossil-fueled maintenance machines, Students experience “ who would become my closest friends, and who learning as joyful Curtis—soft-hearted under that gruff exte- excessive water requirements, and destruc- “ and rewarding. rior—persuaded him to stay, and the two tion of healthy habitats—and offers alter- helped sustain me through that challenging became partners” in creating and maintain- natives. Jaffe enjoys the “native strawberry” year. I’m giving back by serving on the Member “There is a big difference between teaching a kid ing the site. solution. “Imagine a lawn, or come see ours, Engagement Committee, and co-chairing the about science and helping a kid become a scientist. They opened it to the public in the early that requires no watering, mowing, or fer- The Innovation Institute, where students don’t just Young Member Committee. follow a textbook along with an educator, but work 1930s as Garden in the Woods, a showcase tilizing,” he says. “Yet it still offers food for on experiments alongside experienced professional for Curtis’s professional talents, naturalistic bees, butterflies, and humans while being scientists, has helped my son develop an under- landscaping, and prized North American capable of growing in some of the crappiest The Harvard Club has standing of the scientific world today and of himself species. As Curtis aged, and encroaching soils New England has to offer.” as a budding scientist with a place in it.” become my community. - Parent, 15 yr-old student postwar development brought new hous- Similar principles are in play at the mead- ing and the nation’s first mall, which opened ow. Native annuals and a range of short- — Amy Norton dv’16 Enrolling highly motivated nearby in 1951, he and concerned friends and and long-life perennials enable the mead- young people for Summer and Fall garden-lovers mounted a nationwide cam- ow gardens to change and grow over time, For more information regarding membership, paign to raise money for an endowment. In Jaffe points out. The woodland garden of- please call 617-450-8406 or visit harvardclub.com. [email protected] 1965, Curtis donated the property to the fers peak blooms in spring and early sum- 617.340.9907 then Wild Flower Preservation Society. mer, but the meadow has more mid-to-late theinnovationinstitute.org He stayed on as director until he died, in season appeal. Bee balm, Culver’s root, lo- Back Bay Clubhouse | 374 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA Innovation Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. 1969, at the age of 86, American Horticulturist belia, and black-eyed Susan, among scores Downtown Clubhouse | One Federal Street, Boston, MA

16P May - June 2019 Harvard Magazine 16Q CUR IOSITIES Har v ard Squ ared a cell,” Keegan explains: there are multiple cells per cavity, each holding one egg. “No- mow” zones are also left fallow among the arboretum’s beautiful specimen trees and ornate gardens, he says, in part to foster hab- itat-building for invertebrates. Most native All Abuzz bees, including sweat bees (named for their attraction to human perspiration), nest in the ground. Native and honey bees at work around Greater Boston The Arboretum benefi s, Keegan points by jessica lau out, because many native bees are more ef- ficient pollinators than A. mellifera. “Hon- eybees have pollen sacks on the backs of their legs” and must wet the pollen to at- 24 Clover Street Belmont tach it, “whereas most of our native bees $1,895,000 4 BD 2F 1H 3,500 SF carry [more dry, loose] pollen on their ab- he Harvard Museum  of domens,” he says. “When they’re going into Natural History is home to all a flo er, they’re actually more effic nt be- sorts of intriguing preserved cause they’re basically covered with pollen” T specimens, from dinosaur and can distribute it more easily. skeletons to animals from around the Many farmers are taking advantage of world. But in one corner of the arthro- that effic ncy, including the operators of pod gallery, amid beetles and butter- South Street Farm, which relies on mason flies pinned to displays behind glass, and leafcutter bees to pollinate crops. The the thousands of honeybees swarming quarter-acre Somerville site is an experi- in and out of a hive are very much alive. ment in urban agriculture, and supplies The observation beehive, a project of produce to the community. Because local the Harvard Undergraduate Beekeep- bee habitats were sparse, the organization 5 Elmwood Street Somerville ers, is on display during the spring and built them: wooden poles in a corner of the $1,225,000 2 BD 3 BA 1,660 SF summer, when the bees are most active. farm hold boxes fi led with hollow reeds It looks like a window set perpendicular to Busy bees thrive at the where native pollinators nest. Anyone inter- the wall, with a transparent plastic tube Harvard Museum of Natural History ested in learning more can stop by, or even linking the hive to the outdoors. Visitors (above); hexagonal habitats attract native join the farm’s volunteer ranks. bees that pollinate crops at South Street can try to identify female worker bees car- Farm (right); and log-based cavities host For those eager to support apiculturists, rying out various duties, like foraging, con- nesting bees at the Arnold Arboretum. Follow the Honey sells small-batch honeys structing or guarding cells, or converting and beeswax products made in Massachu- nectar, or look for the colony’s queen; she’s and offers beekeeping classes and programs. setts and around the world. Flavors and usually bigger than the male drones, and Lesser-known but equally important native types of honey depend on the source of the has been marked with a dot of paint by the bee species are at the center of innovative nectar—whether wildflo ers in Tanzania, beekeepers. Look for “tail-waggling” bees at endeavors at Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum ulmo trees in Patagonia, or tupelo trees in the bottom of the hive, says Greg Morrow, a and at nonprofit Groundwork Somerville’s the Atchafalaya River basin of Louisiana. The technical manager of multimedia projects at urban South Street Farm. store helps connect “unseen beekeepers to 35 Harvard Street Somerville Harvard who advises the student group. The The European honeybee, Apis mellifera, is and now oversees six native-bee habitats markets,” says chief of operations Brian Wo- $925,000 4 BD 1F 1H BA 1,690 SF showy “fi ure-eight dance” is how a forag- a domesticated species imported to North across the 281-acre botanical oasis in Bos- erner, but its mission is also to share infor- ing bee communicates her discovery of new America, which counts, in addition, some ton’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood—to boost mation: on how honey is made, on the chal- flo ers, he explains: the longer she performs, 4,000 native bee species. Roughly 400 of the local bee population and “educate peo- lenges bees and beekeepers face, and on the the more bees she’ll recruit to go raid nearby those species inhabit New England; yet with ple about the diversity of pollinators that environmental importance of these insects. treasure troves of pollen and nectar. habitat loss and widespread pesticide use, we have.” At the Harvard museum, bees in the ob- Even within Greater Boston’s dense urban these populations are increasingly threat- The largest habitat, in the Leventritt Gar- servation hive do produce honey—but just environment, opportunities exist to watch ened. The Beecology Project, spearheaded den, is a wooden box stuffed with hollow enough for themselves. The exhibit invites bees work and learn not only about their by a team that includes Worcester Polytech- reeds and logs with holes drilled into them close examination of these unique creatures essential contributions to food production, nic Institute associate professor Elizabeth to form pencil-sized cavities where indi- that work so hard in a vital aspect of human but about the practicalities of beekeeping F. Ryder, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’93, is helping to vidual bees make nests. It attracts mason food production. Morrow admires the intri- Currier, Lane & Young as well. Honeybees are a focus at the muse- address that problem, in part by gathering bees and leafcutter bees. “Each female lays cacies of bee biology: “The more you observe,” — um, at the Harvard Square shop Follow the data from citizen-scientists who use a mo- an egg at the far end, adds a small ball of he says, “the more incredible it becomes.” [email protected]

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Degree candidates with family and friends, faculty and administrators who Baccalaureate Service for the Class of supported them, and alumni from around the world are anticipated to participate in our 2019, at 2, Memorial Church, followed by THE JOSEPH B. MARTIN Harvard 368th Commencement Exercises this spring. To accommodate the increasing number class photo, at 3:30, Tercentenary Theatre. Medical of people planning to attend, we ask that any interested readers carefully review the Class of 2019 Family Reception, at 5. Conference Center School guidelines governing ticketing, regalia, security precautions, and other important details, Tickets required. Science Center plaza. which are available online at https://commencement.harvard.edu/ticket-information. Harvard Extension School Annual Com- AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL mencement Banquet, 6-9:30. Tickets re- Commencement Day Overview quired. Annenberg Hall. 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