Intro to beekeeping

There is nothing natural about beekeeping!

There is no such thing as organic beekeeping either!

Don’t be sucked into today’s latest buzz words for “Healthy Living”. Although they start as good intentions, they usually turn out to mean you will be spending more money than you need to.

We now live in a hormone induced, drug laced, GMO society, but beekeepers have been successfully keeping bees in a symbiotic manner for centuries, before these scientific wonders, and without touting themselves as “treatment-free”, “natural”, or “organic”.

I will be leading a multi-session intro to beekeeping seminar at the Olive Free Library in West Shokan, NY. View Olive Free Library on a map.

This is a FREE seminar which will discuss what you should know about beekeeping BEFORE you invest any of your hard earned money. No knowledge of beekeeping is necessary.

Saturday, April 28th

Session 1: 9AM – Noon – Overview of the Honeybee

• Native pollinators
• Honeybee caste and races
• Bee stings / Apitherapy
• Where to get bees
• Bees and neighbors
• Beneficial plants
• Natural/Organic beekeeping

Session 2: 1PM – 4PM – Bee Yard*

• Hands-on hive inspection
• Question driven discussion

Saturday, May 5th

Session 3: 9AM – Noon – Equipment and Bee Care

• Protective gear
• Hive tools
• Hive types – Framed and Top Bar
• Predators and pests
• Hive placement
• Installing bees
• Signs of a healthy hive
• Diseases
• Products from the hive
• Winter prep

Session 4: 1PM – 4PM – Bee Yard*

• Hands-on hive inspection
• Question driven discussion

 
* – You must attend the morning session, or have previously attended one of my Into to Beekeeping seminars, to participate in a bee yard session.

The format will be pretty informal. There will be presentations and plenty of hands on demonstrations. Open discussion and questions are highly encouraged. Space is limited for Bee Yard sessions, so we suggest signing up below.

The seminar will be led by Rob Overton, 30+ year beekeeper deeply involved in the beekeeping community.

• Administrator at Beemaster’s International Beekeeping Forum which is the largest forum on the internet geared towards backyard and hobbyist beekeepers.
• Frequent beekeeping contributor and guest of the Wildlife Pro Network.
• Creator of the Bushkill Bee Vac, which revolutionized the use of bee vacs, and is preferred by professionals across the US.

 

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