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UNITY — The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Assocation will hold a Beginning Beekeeping course from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Common Ground Education Center.
The beekeeping short course will cover the essentials to get participants going in the world of beekeeping, such as where to locate an apiary, characteristics of different races of bees, where to purchase bees and equipment, how to assemble the equipment and how to establish a first hive and get it through the first season.
Instructor Dave Smith is an experienced beekeeper who has been maintaining more than 200 honey bee colonies for 35-plus years. He has also served as assistant state apiary inspector for seven years. He owns and operates Sparky’s Apiaries in Hope.
For information on course cost and to register, visit mofga.org.
