$41.00 (Member) / $48.00 (Non Member)
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60 percent of the food we eat is connected to pollinated plants. Your garden, your neighbors’ gardens and the planet will benefit from more bees. Come find out how to keep these fascinating insects for pollination, delicious honey, beeswax and enjoyment without using the standard pesticides and chemicals that conventional beekeepers often use. This class will be an introduction to the topic of backyard beekeeping as well as cover issues of organic beekeeping for experienced beekeepers. Top Bar Hives will be featured, but techniques can be used with traditional Langstroth Hives. Held at Corwin Bells’s amazing top bar hive apiary, where he has been keeping bees without chemicals for eight years. Bring an hat, a notebook, and wear light-colored clothing.
Kelly Simmons is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz in ecology, holds a teaching certificate as well as a certificate in permaculture design and permaculture teaching. She has a broad range of teaching experience over the past 20 years including gardening… (Read More)
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