ANCHOR INTRO:
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A NEW CULTURAL EVENT BEGAN ITS INAUGURAL FESTIVITIES ON
SATURDAY IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA.
HUBWEEK, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE BOSTON GLOBE, MIT, MGH,
AND HARVARD, IS A CITYWIDE CELEBRATION OF INNOVATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING.
QUINNIPIAC NEWS’S IAN COSMAN BRINGS US MORE FROM CAMBRIDGE.
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Nat hit cars on Mass Ave
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IN AN EFFORT TO SHOWCASE THE CITY’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO
SCIENCE, ART , AND TECHNOLOGY, EACH OF THE FOUR INSTITUTIONS IS HOSTING A
SERIES OF EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. HUBWEEK PROVIDES
AN EXCITING ATMOSPHERE FOR THOSE LOOKING TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY’S CULTURE OF
INNOVATION.
SOT: MAURY OLDER GENTLEMAN
“ We’ve been able
to view all kinds of works of art in public spaces, we’ve seen robots and
drones and other exciting developments in many fields.”
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MIT Dome*
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE
MANY EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, I DECIDED TO VENTURE OVER TO
MIT’S CAMPUS TO CHECK OUT A PARTICULAR EXHIBIT RUN BY A BEEKEEPING COMPANY.
IAN STANDUP
A NEW EXHIBIT TO
HUBWEEK, BEST BEES BEEKEPING SERVICES IS OFFERING A VARIETY OF DELICIOUS HONEY
WHILE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HONEY BEES
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LOCATED RIGHT BY THE
KENDALL SQUARE T STOP, BEST BEES ATTRACTED A SLEW OF INQUISITIVE MINDS LOOKING
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BEEKEEPING. EMPLOYEES PREACHED THE ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF
MAINTAINING BEE HEALTH AND THE CRUCIAL ROLE BEES PLAY IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
SOT: NOAH WILSON-RICH FOUNDER OF BEST BEES
“We need bees.
Anybody who eats food, anybody who likes fruits and vegetables needs bees
whether you realize it or not. So it’s a really important cause.”
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ASIDE FROM SELLING
THEIR PRODUCTS, BEST BEES ALSO ENCOURAGED PARTICIPANTS TO INSPECT HONEYCOMBS
AND PAINT BEE HIVES, NOT TO MENTION CATCH A GLANCE OF THE BEES THEMSELVES.
SOT: SAM-ATTENDANT
“Bees turned
out to be pretty docile, and there’s definitely, like, nicer and meaner bees.
That’s another thing that’s interesting to me, because I had never attached
emotion/personality to insects.”
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WITH HIGH ATTENDANCE
AT SMALL EVENTS LIKE THIS, IT’S SAFE TO ASSUME HUBWEEK IS HERE TO STAY.
FROM MIT, IAN COSMAN
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