Beekeeping

A Big THANKS to McKenna Haynie and Stan & Alicia Moulton for their outstanding presentations!  Fabulous tasting, super-nutritious raw honey from your own bees is what this workshop was all about.  We learned how fun and easy it is to build your own beehives and harvest great honey with relatively little effort.

Following are a few links and notes from February's Mapleton Ready class on Bees.

Stan and Alicia Moulton are are multigenerational local beekeepers who love to share their talents & hobby with others.  See their bee art and products for sale on their website.  They will be presenting a beginning beekeeping class for Mapleton residents interested in getting started in beekeeping.  If you are interested in bees and/or equipment, you can contact them at info@thehoneycompany.com or on their website TheHoneyCompany.com

They also mentioned an excellent manual and DVD “Beekeeping in Northern Climates” from the University of Minnesota.  Here’s a link where you can buy it direct from the University: https://www.bookstores.umn.edu/viewProduct.cgi?productID=35524#.UxCWfvRdWKV.  Or you may google it and find it cheaper on eBay or elsewhere. 

McKenna Haynie (Age 8) Beekeeping Photos:  If you’d like to see Derek's daughter McKenna’s slideshow of her entire beekeeping experience from building the hives, installing the bees and harvesting almost 5 gallons of honey you can see them all on her simple website HoneyBeeOutfitters.com