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Chelsea Green Publishing is excited to announce our first ever in-person event September 25-26, 2026 at Polyface Farms in Swoope, Virginia.

We’re inviting our community of readers and practitioners to join Chelsea Green bestselling authors for two days of in-depth presentations and discussions themed to food systems, homesteading, soil restoration, regenerative agriculture, and community building.

The Early Bird Special ticket cost is $250 for registration before July 1, 2026 and includes:

Learning from the Bees
CO-CREATE A WORLD WHERE BEES THRIVE

We welcome you to join us
September 25–27, 2026
Floyd, Virginia, USA
www.LearningFromTheBees.org

This one-day workshop covers the basics of what needs to be done in autumn to over-winter your hives and keep them healthy and strong. The winter and early spring months are often the most difficult time of the year for the bees and understanding their needs at this time of year is crucial. We will take a closer look at various illnesses and probable causes, and demonstrate our methods of hive feeding, wrapping, and consolidation for best possible over-wintering success.

Please bring a lunch. Light snacks are provided.

8:30 am – 5:00 pm

This is three-day workshop is one of four modules of our Spikenard Biodynamic Beekeeping Training (SBBT). It can be taken as part of the full training or as a stand-alone workshop experience.

This is five-day immersion workshop is one of four modules of our Spikenard Biodynamic Beekeeping Training (SBBT). It can be taken as part of the full training or as a stand-alone workshop experience.

9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Collecting and burning pests and spreading their ashes is a common, effective practice in biodynamic agriculture to help balance pest infestations. We will be making remedies from the varroa mite, small hive beetle, ticks, and the spotted lantern fly.

This is three-day workshop is one of four modules of our Spikenard Biodynamic Beekeeping Training (SBBT). It can be taken as part of the full training or as a stand-alone experience.

This is Spikenard’s introductory class in biodynamic/sustainable beekeeping methods. This workshop offers advice for those who want to have bees and those who want to learn more about methods focused on the health and vitality of honeybees. Learn about different hive types, approaches to feeding and pest management, and how to support the bees during the season of swarming, expansion, and growth.

8:30AM - 5:00PM

Please bring a lunch. Light snacks are provided.

This is five-day workshop is one of four modules of our Spikenard Biodynamic Beekeeping Training (SBBT). It can be taken as part of the full training or as a stand-alone workshop experience.

All students and friends of Spikenard are invited to join in three days of gratitude and celebration of the bees, the landscape, and our own inner transformation. This is a time we get to know and work with the hives from the periphery through three days of special lectures and activities, art and music making, and tending of sanctuary land, the "body" of the beehive.