100 Things to Be When You Grow Up

100 Things to Be When You Grow Up — page 7 — 2 MUSHROOM If you've ever gone on an Easter egg or scavenger hunt you know what a thrill it can be to look for and find a tiny hidden treasure That's what mushroom foragers do every day it's like a Where's Waldo of the woods They travel across the country spend all day hiking in remote locations and sometimes even camp in forests overnight in search of delicious and in demand fungi Then they pluck the mushrooms out of the ground or cut them with scissors or a knife haul them home and sell them for a pretty penny to restaurants and chefs

100 Things to Be When You Grow Up — page 8 — Five Fun Facts About Mushrooms The Alba white mushroom from the Alba region in Italy sells for 2 000 per pound 0 45 kg Yowza That's a fancy fungus In France and Italy mushroom hunters train dogs to sniff out mushrooms Sometimes they train pigs although the pigs have been known to eat the mush rooms before the humans can get to them FORAGER inspiration station One portabella mushroom has more potassium than a banana Right now you are in the brainstorming phase of choosing a career The sky is the limit Anything is possible The bigger your dreams the better What are you curious about What interests you Your job right now is to explore the subjects that you find fascinating and do the things that make you happy Mushrooms are made up of about go percent water Mushrooms aren't classified as either plants or animals They have their own kingdom classification

100 Things to Be When You Grow Up — page 9 — 3 Beekeeper A beekeeper is someone who maintains hives of honeybees and harvests what the bees beeswax produce including honey and

100 Things to Be When You Grow Up — page 10 — What's the trick to not getting stung MEET LEIGH KATHRYN BONNER She is a fourth generation beekeeper who works with companies such as Burt's Bees Her great grandfather was a beekeeper and her grandfather and uncle still keep bees Growing up she'd visit her grandfather and uncle's farm in Farmville North Carolina U S A and watch as they dipped their bare hands into the buzzing swarms of honeybees If I wear my suit I don't get stung at all But hardheadedness runs in my family and because my grandpa and uncle don't ever wear suits I don't want to wear them either The thing is my grandpa and uncle don't swell up like I do when they get stung so I really should be better about wearing my suit We also use a smoker when working in the hives which calms the bees AT THE TOP While some folks might be terrified Bonner was fascinated SMOKER A HAND HELD CANISTER USUALLY MADE FROM TIN OR STEEL THAT IS USED TO BURN FUEL AND THEN EMIT SMOKE FROM A SPOUT Then as a college freshman at North Carolina State University she took a science class called Bees and Beekeeping I fell in love with beekeeping even more says Bonner And I loved that I got to spend time with my uncle and grandfather learning about something that is so important to our family What's something people might not know about bees Here Bonner explains what all the BUZZ about BEES is about Most people who tell you they have been stung by a honeybee were actually stung by a yellow jacket Honeybees are extremely calm And they're the only bee or wasp that will die if they sting you so they avoid stinging at all

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