Beekeeping for Beginners Workshop
Thu, Dec 09
|DeMotte Public Library
Join us to learn what the BUZZ is all about! Topics to be discussed are the annual cycle of your hives, costs, commitments and tools to get started, where to place your hives, harvesting honey and approved recycling containers.
Time & Location
Dec 09, 2021, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CST
DeMotte Public Library, 901 Birch St SW, De Motte, IN 46310, USA
About the event
Jasper County Soil and Water Conservation District in conjunction with Jasper County Purdue Extension and Apis Engineering will host a free Beekeeping for Beginners workshop. Join us on Thursday, December 9th at 5:30 pm CST in the West Room at the DeMotte Public Library. This workshop will provide attendees with information about the costs, commitments, tools and equipment needed to get started, where to place your hives, the annual cycle of honeybee’s society, harvesting honey and more.
Attendees will hear from experts Krispn Given and Dale McMahan. Krispn Given is recognized as one of the leading authorities in honey bee instrumental insemination and honey bee breeding. He is the Apiculture Specialist at Purdue University’s Department of Entomology in West Lafayette Indiana.
Mr. Given started breeding bees over 27 years ago, conducting research with 250 colonies looking for solutions to improve honey bee health. He currently manages Purdue’s honey bee breeding…