Bee School

2011 Chatham County Beekeeping School

An 8 week course sponsored by
the Chatham County Beekeepers' Association
and the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension

 

 

The next stop on the road was Bee School.  George has been to Beer School, why not Bee School.  We are so fortunate to live in a rural county with an interest in taking care of bees and teaching others.  For 8 weeks me and the boys watched movies and ate mac n cheese on Monday nights while George went off to Bee School.  The book, Beekeeping for Dummies, was a good start into gaining the written knowledge we needed to start this whole event.  But the practical knowledge was absent.  Luckily in Bee School, George got alot of education and a field day of looking into hives and really learning the practical skills needed.  The networking and talking to folks really got him even more excited about getting his own bees.  For those who know George, he really likes talking to folks.  I have always said about him that he could talk to anyone, anywhere about anything, anytime.   Much to our delight, that networking led to a new friend and an adoption...