
NEW! Natural Beekeeping Principles & Practices for the Backyard Apiary
- $ 35.00 $ 35.00
Natural Beekeeping Principles & Practices for the Backyard Apiary
Saturday, November 1
1:00 - 4:00 PM
$35 for Not-Yet Members
$30 for Members (difference refunded after purchase)
Join our beekeeper, Veronica Culberson, and her father, Dr. Don Culberson for an exciting class on natural beekeeping! This class will uncover the vast differences in industrial and hobby beekeeping and show how the standards for one don't really apply to the other and how they may actually disadvantage the bees.
We will discuss the whys and hows of honeybee behaviors, what the bees want, and how to use their natural tendencies to support their health and production. Other topics covered include apiary site selection and setup for healthy and productive colonies, hiving options, sourcing livestock, inspecting your bees and record keeping, supporting rather than preventing swarming, natural disease and pest management, expanding your apiary organically, and how we learn from our failures.
Weather permitting, we will be viewing live bees during this 2+ hour course.
If you're an aspiring, new or even seasoned beekeeper who'd like to learn about the more natural, low impact and regenerative side of beekeeping and how to apply it to your own beekeeping journey, then this is the class for you.
About Your Instructors:
The Mobile Botanical Garden's beekeeper, Veronica Culberson, and her entomologist professor father, Dr. Don Culberson, have been keeping bees without the use of chemical additives and unnatural feedings for 10+ years. What started as an experiment in backyard gardening has developed into a love affair with pollinators and community outreach. As their knowledge and their apiaries have grown and flourished through the seasons, so has the desire to educate.
We Also Recommend