Backyard Beekeeping

Whether for honey production, improved pollination of your veggies, or simply the enjoyment of living in harmony with these amazing insects, discover the hobby of backyard beekeeping while handling live bees.  Understand the environmental importance of honey bees, native bees and the equipment necessary to successfully raise healthy colonies of honey bees in your backyard.  Learn traditional methods of maximizing honey production as well as more recent trends in natural beekeeping. Delve into biology, treatments, harvesting and the many uses of bee products. Discuss initial and long-term investment costs.