This half-day orientation for beginning beekeepers covers covering basic biology of the honeybee colony, rhythms of the year and the beekeeper’s role in the life of the hive, the basics of working with bees, and more.
What can we do to help our bees thrive and flourish?
You will leave this workshop with clear guidelines for evaluating your hives, and steps to take to prepare them for the coming winter.
A free public talk with Pfeiffer Center beekeeper Bill Day.
This one-day workshop will address questions all aspiring beekeepers need to ask. For beekeepers with one or two years’ experience, this is a great opportunity to take stock, ask questions, and learn new perspectives.
Planning to attend the 2020 PASA Sustainable Agriculture Conference in Lancaster, PA? Be sure to catch Pfeiffer Center beekeeper Bill Day's session on Thursday, February 6.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR SCHEDULE UPDATES.
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR SCHEDULE UPDATES.
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
This half-day workshop will focus on timely tasks every beekeeper should have in mind to ensure healthy hives and successful overwintering. After lunch, Bill will lead a walk to one of the bee yards on our farm for an open conversation and demonstration.
What can beekeepers do to help our bees thrive and flourish? This half-day workshop will focus on timely tasks every beekeeper should have in mind to encourage hives to build up and multiply. Following a classroom review of the bees' cycle of the year, most of the morning will be spent with the hives in the Pfeiffer Center garden.
Join Bill Day for a special half-day workshop focused on creating conditions in which our bees can thrive.
Please note that our spring bee nucs have found their homes. We don't have any more available.
Alex Tuchman, Director of Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary introduces biodynamic beekeeping.
Alex Tuchman, Director of Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary leads us in an immersive weekend of the honeybee!
Honeybees invite us into an encounter with a creature so wise, communally-oriented, and creative that open-minded and careful observation of their activities serves to further deepen the parable and mystery of who they truly are.