Natural Beekeeping Class

Natural Beekeeping Principles and Practices for the Backyard Apiary   $30 for not-yet members, $20 for members (difference refunded after purchase) The technological advances of the Industrial Revolution have brought beekeeping science into the future. There are all sorts of devices, methods and treatments that, while seemingly beneficial to the commercial side of the trade, can often leave the hobby apiarist wishing for a simpler and more natural experience for themselves and their bees. Many of the current standard beekeeping practices conflict with the bees' natural rhythms and inclinations in order to forcibly support the production of more and more honey, but at what cost? The bees have managed themselves quite well out in the wild for the past 150 million years or so, finely tuned evolutionary beings that they are, what could we possibly do to top that? Don't get it twisted though; natural beekeeping is NOT negligent beekeeping! You can't just put bees in a box and expect everyt