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Friday is Earth Day, and UNC Asheville and the Asheville Design Center will celebrate by unveiling a new structure to be built on campus, and dubbed the “Bee Hotel.” Long live the bees. More from UNCA’s press release:

On Earth Day, Friday, April 22 at 11 a.m., UNC Asheville and Asheville Design Center will announce and celebrate their collaboration the “Bee Hotel,” a new structure to be erected on campus. UNC Asheville is also celebrating its recent designation as a Bee Campus USA.

With bee populations declining, this structure will act as a resting place and nursery for solitary pollinators. These pollinators play a vital role in the growth of fruits and vegetables, plants and flowers. Attendees of the celebration will receive pollinator-friendly plant seedlings.

The announcement will take place at UNC Asheville’s Glass House, adjacent to Ramsey Library.