From here you can observe the Museum bees leaving and entering their hive in the gallery. Our in-house bee colony is buzzing with action. Visitors enjoy coming back each year to observe the range of activity and watch the hive's progress over the summer months. You can safely observe thousands of bees as they enter and leave the Museum through a special clear tube. Worker bees travel to our Backyard Butterfly Garden or to the nearby Public Gardens gathering nectar to feed their colony.
Some bees guard the entrance while others are busy house cleaning.
A Museum Naturalist will be happy to introduce you to live local species of snakes, turtles, salamanders and life from the seashore. Special programs include owl pellet dissection where you will get to see what an owl has eaten for lunch. Join members for demonstrations and show and tell. Nova Scotia has a great heritage in iron and steel. This display reveals our industrious past.