BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Bees are the subject for Saturday’s campfire program at the Homestead National Monument of America in southeast Nebraska.

People are invited to gather at 7 p.m. at the Education Center to hear a University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor of entomology, Douglas Golick, talk about the lives and importance of bees.

For additional information, call 402-223-3514 or go online at http://www.nps.gov/home/index.htm.

The Homestead National Monument of America sits four miles west of Beatrice, along Nebraska Highway 4.