Bexar County Entomology: October 2016

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Join Us for a Night Out! Entomaphagy Bug Dinner - Insects Fiesta!

Keep the kitchen clean and let us serve you a gourmet dinner! What is better than 4-H youth serving you at a beer brewing company?! Enjoy an evening of wonderful company and excellent food in a great atmosphere. Learn how insects can be a scrumptious form of protein and sustainable form of agriculture. For the nervous eater, insects can be pushed aside.

Why Insects? Its the natural choice! Insects require less water, grain and space to produce more protein when compared with chicken, beef, and pork. Restaurants in Austin are already serving cocktails with cricket salt and bitters - its only a matter of time before you start seeing insects on the menu!

All proceeds go back to educaitonal programming in Texas A&M AgriLife Extension for both youth and adults. But hurry! This event is filling up fast!

November 3rd

6:30-8:30 pm

Blue Star Brewing Company

Menu:

Salsa and Guacamole Bar with fire ant queso, toasted mealworm salsa, and waxworm guacamole. Paired with Honey Margaritas with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension honey bee honey.

Poblano Cream Veggie Enchiladas made with cricket powder tortillas, AgriLife Extension grown squash, zucchini, and cilantro rice. Paired with Blue Star Brewing Co. Beer.

Flan sweetened with Texas A&M AgriLife honey bee honey and cricket granola. Paired with Blue Star Brewing Co. Beer.

Monday, October 3, 2016

So You Want to be a Beekeeper???? You're in Luck!

If you have every dreamed of owning a bee hive or two, or learning what it takes to keep bees, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension is offering a Beekeeping Basics Course, October 14^th with a field day on either the 15^th or 16^th (you choose).

Registration will close soon, so be sure to get your registrations mailed in!

This is a wonderful opportunity to put on a bee suit, open up a beehive and learn from actual beekeepers with hands on instruction.

We will cover:

The basics of beekeeping- equipment, tools, gear, time, resources

The basics of bees – biology, what a hive should look like, how to manage a hive

This program is always a hit, you’ll get a ton of resources and tools, lots of instruction, and great advice. Lunch is provided and you get to choose between a field day on Saturday in Adkins or Sunday in Leon Springs.

Hope to see you there! Register by visiting http://bexar-tx.tamu.edu/files/2016/08/Bee-Basics-Oct-2016-1.pdf

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Insecta Fiesta! Join the Entomaphagy Movement!

Our annual entomaphagy event is just around the corner! This year we are celebrating insects as food at Blue Star Brewing Company. Enjoy an evening of wonderful company and excellent food in a great atmosphere. Learn how insects can be a scrumptious form of protein and sustainable form of agriculture. Insects require less water, grain and space to produce more protein when compared with chicken, beef, and pork!