Intro to beekeeping
Every thought about becoming a beekeeper? Have a garden that could benefit from pollination? Want to produce and enjoy your “own” local honey?
Even if you answered ‘maybe’ to any of these questions, or you would just like to help out honeybees who are in peril, here is a deal you can’t pass up. There will be an intro to beekeeping seminar at the Olive Free Library in West Shokan, NY on Saturday February 11, 2012 at 4PM. 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.
Some of topics to be discussed are:
- Types of honeybees
- Types of bee hives
- Climate effects
- Getting bees
- Caring for bees
- Equipment – what you need and what you don’t need
- Harvesting honey
- And a lot more
The seminar will be broken into 2 sections. The first half will be a high level beekeeping overview and the second session will delve into more details. The format will be pretty informal. There will be a presentation and plenty of hands on demonstrations. Open discussion and questions are highly encouraged.
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.
