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Webinar: Biodynamic Beekeeping: Health and Hive Management

5/27/2017

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Monday, June 5, 7:30-9pm EDT -- Space is limited in this interactive video class. Sign up now to reserve your spot!

​Some of the most challenging aspects of beekeeping occur during the honeybee’s natural transition between a gesture of expansion towards the summer solstice and one of contraction as the season progresses from that high point of the sun’s arc. This webinar will cover the aspects of honeybee health specifically in relation to this critical time of the year, when all of the ‘organs’ of this superorganism (the drones, workers, queen, wax) are at their height of performance and the most careful observation of each hive becomes tantamount to their vitality and longevity. Topics include, but not limited to: the swarming impulse, brood health, queen rightness, drone activity, pest pressure, nectar flow, and hive body expansion and contraction.

We asked those who attended our Introduction to Biodynamic Beekeeping Webinar to share what was most valuable about the webinar and here's what a few of them had to say: "It was a great introduction to biodynamic beekeeping. I have experience as a regular beekeeper and I was curious to know the difference. I love the way biodynamic beekeepers understand and respect the bees." "Very detail oriented. Very practical advice. I feel like I can begin beekeeping after this!" "I've been a bee "haver" for 5 years using the top bar hive. I'm excited to become a "beekeeper" by starting a langstroth this year. It was very helpful to understand the components of that system." "Alex was very thorough and concise with his delivery of information." "Very clear, interesting ~ one of the best webinars I have seen." Registration is $20 for the general public and $10 for Biodynamic Association members. Not a current member? Join or renew to get the discount instantly!
 
Presenter: ​Alex Tuchman is the Program Director and Farm Manager of Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary a biodynamic farm and apiary founded by Gunther Hauk in Floyd, Virginia.  At Spikenard, Alex works to implement all educational workshops and programs, where he serves as a lead instructor. His responsibilities also include social and programmatic communications, as well as working with interns, organizing volunteer and visitor activities, oversight of the bees, the flower and vegetable gardens, and the research program. Alex started at Spikenard Farm in March of 2014 after working 3 years as the manager of the Loyola University Student Farm in Illinois. He has over nine years of beekeeping and farming experience along with educational training from Loyola University Chicago, the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, and the Angelic Organics Learning Center.

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