Children and Bees: A Family Event

Type: 
Workshop
Class
Date: 
Sat, 05/05/2018
Region: 
Southeast

Date: May 5, 2018
Time: Saturday: 1pm-5pm

For families who want to learn about the magic of bees together with their children and go home with a small pollinator condo for the native bees! We have some of the best pollinator flowers to plant for sale.

Cost of $45.00 is per family.

Top-Bar Beekeeping

Type: 
Workshop
Class
Date: 
Sat, 04/07/2018
Region: 
Southeast

Time: 9am-2:00pm (Registration 8:30am, class begins at 9am)

Come join us for an exciting workshop focused exclusively on the principles and practices of top bar beekeeping!

Workshop topics include, but are not limited to:

Position and Form: Working with roundness in the horizontal
Top bar methodology
Comb Management
Tasks and care from March-September
Feeding, Treatments, Monitoring

Cost: $75.00

Principles & Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping - Part 3: Spring & Summer

Type: 
Workshop
Class
Date: 
Sat, 05/19/2018
Region: 
Southeast

Date: Saturday, May 19, 2018
Time: Saturday: 8:30am: Registration opens; class begins 9:00am – 5:00pm

Hands-on guidance in beekeeping tasks through the spring and summer months, from swarm catching and growing the apiary to heath checks, expansion, wax management, and more. This is the third class in our four-part series on basic beekeeping and is intended as a continuation of Principles & Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping.Topics covered include:

Principles & Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping - Parts 1 & 2: The Spikenard Method

Type: 
Workshop
Class
Date: 
Fri, 03/16/2018 to Sat, 03/17/2018
Region: 
Southeast

Date: Friday and Saturday, March 16 – 17, 2018
Time: Friday: Registration – 8:30am; class begins 9:00am – 5:00pm, Saturday: 9:00am – 5:00pm

This is Spikenard’s basic class in biodynamic/sustainable beekeeping methods. This workshop will offer in-depth advice for those who want to have bees and for those who had bees and want to start again.

Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary Mentorship Program

Type: 
Workshop
Class
Date: 
Sat, 02/03/2018 to Sun, 02/04/2018
Region: 
Southeast

Date: Saturday and Sunday, February 3-4, 2018
Time: Saturday: 3:00pm – 6:00pm / Sunday: 9:00am – 4:00 pm

For experienced biodynamic beekeepers – a pedagogical training of Spikenard beekeeping methods and guidance for those who want to deepen their own teaching and further Spikenard Biodynamic Beekeeping in the world.

Festival of Light

Type: 
Workshop
Festival
Date: 
Fri, 02/02/2018 to Sat, 02/03/2018
Region: 
Southeast
Additional Event Info
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Festival of Light - Winter Sun through the Trees

Date: February 2-3, 2018
Time: Friday: 2pm-9pm / Saturday: 9am-Noon

Join us at this special time of the year for a light-filled and uplifting festival of lectures, candle making, artistic activity, discussion groups, and good food!

The Festival of Light will be immediately followed by the Mentorship Program, so participation in both events is possible.

Cost includes 2 snacks, 1 dinner, and a candle.