Locavore Food School Presents: Beginning Beekeeping for 2016

Central Oregon Locavore proudly hosts the “Locavore Food School” program that is the culmination of many nutritionally-minded volunteers and community members including doctors, nurses, nutritionists, chefs and alternative health care practitioners. Locavore’s Food School brings you monthly installments of nutrition and cooking classes.

Learn How to Become a Phenomenal Backyard Beekeeper in 2016!

The class is intended for those looking to begin beekeeping this spring and for those considering taking up the hobby but seeking additional information.   We will go over some fun facts about bees, cover equipment needs and the parts of a bee hive, basic bee biology, the various bee races, when to start your hive, where to place it, where to get bees and the costs. This is the time of year to be thinking about bees, as they are generally all sold out in the spring when one starts looking to get started!

A brief overview of the threat mites are to bees, and the topic of whether or not to treat (use chemicals in the hive) for mites will also be introduced.

About Ron and Carolyn

We have been in central Oregon since 1977 and we each have educational backgrounds in the biological sciences.  The years of living here have taught my wife and I the ins and outs of successful gardening in central Oregon.  (Carolyn spent many years working for Doug at the Redmond Greenhouse before it closed)  We both enjoy working our large organic garden and though not official via taking classes, Carolyn is certainly a master organic gardener in her own right.  You would not believe what she produces here in the high desert of central Oregon.  We work together but I tend more to the fruit trees, grapes and berries while she focuses on the garden.  It’s through our organic gardening experience that we became interested in beekeeping and this season will be our eighth year of keeping bees.