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MINIBEAST MUSEUM - Understanding Arthropod Classification and Identification / Introduction to Insects / Minibeast Profiles / Topics in Insect Ecology / Minibeast Trivia / Minibeast Folklore / Vanishing Insects of North America

REFERENCE DESK - Butterfly Gardening Bibliography (link!) / Bibliography of Books for Integrated Studies on Insects and Spiders / Reference Books for Educators / BUZZWORDS: Glossary of Minibeast Terms / World's Best Books on Minibeasts / Bibliography of Butterfly Gardening Information / State Insects (link!) / Vanishing Insects of North America / Bibliography on Rearing Minibeasts / Y.E.S .Special Publications (link) / Bibliography of Books for Integrated Studies on Insects and Spiders / Reference Books for Educators

YOUTH CENTER - Letter from the Y.E.S. "Bugman" / Innovative Projects and Activities on Minibeasts / Careers in Entomology / The Bug Jester / Minibeast Coloring Pictures

TEACHER'S TOWER - The Amazing Animal Quiz / Kids, Bugs and Fun / Three Basic Lessons on Insects for Young Children / Keeping Insects and Spiders at School / Using Rubber Bugs as Teaching Tools / Insect Scavenger Hunts

GARDEN GAZEBO - Basic Butterfly Gardening / Insect Conservation and You / Y.E.S. Policy on the Collection of Insects and Spiders

ABOUT Y.E.S. - Who Are We and What Do We Do?


LINKS TO OTHER SITES

MINIBEAST MERCHANDISE MALL

Y.E.S. INFORMATION & ENROLLMENT

Y.E.S. MEMBER'S CLUBHOUSE (Preview) DRAGONFLY CAMPAIGN

TIGER BEETLE WORLD

ONLINE RESOURCE FINDER

BUTTERFLY & MOTH WORLD

MINIBEAST ZOOSEUM

NON-YES SITES

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Come join us in Mississippi!

Click here for information on the Mississippi Entomology Camp

FREE INK JET CARTRIDGE RECYCLING KITS AVAILABLE

Do the right thing and recycle your non-printhead ink jet cartridges!

Here's three reasons why you should:

  • Free for you (just use the postage-paid envelopes we provide)
  • Funds for the Minibeast Zooseum (we receive a small donation for each cartridge sent in)
  • Good for the environment (reduce landfill waste through reuse)

Need more kits? Have large lots of cartridges? Call 517-886-0630 or send e-mail to YESbugs@aol.com to request more kits. Or, you can pick up mailers and drop off cartridges off at the Minibeast Zooseum (see address below).

Minibeast Zooseum and Education Center

Young Entomologists' Society, Inc., 6907 West Grand River Ave., Lansing MI 48906-9131

What we do: operate the award-winning Minibeast Zooseum and Education Center (voted one of 5 best children's nature museums in the USA by Child magazine); provide innovative, age-appropriate educational presentations, displays, memberships and information (1.4 million people served to date); publish Insect World and Cyberbugs Minibeast e-Magazine; maintain international leadership in entomology/ arachnology youth education with the world's largest kid's bug club and world-class information center; fund our 501 (c) 3 nonprofit, tax-exempt educational operations through dues, donations, program fees and proceeds for sales of educational materials.

This website is part of the educational outreach programs of the Young Entomologists' Society.

copyright 1998, Y.E.S., Inc.

Gary A. Dunn, M.S., F.R.E.S., Director of Education and Webmaster

E-mail: YESbugs@aol.com