Principles & Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping - Part 2 - The Spikenard Method

Type: 
Workshop
Class
Community Event
Date: 
Sat, 03/12/2022
Region: 
Southeast
Additional Event Info
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Two honeybees communicating

This is part two of 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 Honeybee Sanctuary — A Journey of Wonder: Seasonal Reflections of Nature and Self — 1st Session

Type: 
Workshop
Date: 
Sat, 02/19/2022
Region: 
Southeast

A Journey of Wonder is a series of workshops that invite deep exploration to support healing and connection within ourselves, our communities, and the natural environment. Each workshop will mirror one of the four seasons in the northern hemisphere and offer opportunities to explore them as archetypes which flow naturally through our human experiences. 

Top Bar Beekeeping

Type: 
Workshop
Class
Date: 
Sat, 03/28/2020
Region: 
Southeast

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

A morning snack will be provided, but please bring your own lunch.

Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference

Type: 
Conference
Date: 
Wed, 01/22/2020 to Sat, 01/25/2020
Region: 
Southeast
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Event Related Download: 
PDF icon SSAWG 2020 Conf Flier one-page.pdf

Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference will be January 22-25, 2020 in Little Rock, Arkansas Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group’s 29th annual conference provides practical information and tools for new and experienced organic and sustainable producers, young farmers and ranchers, value-added food producers, and those creating more vibrant community food systems in the South. The event offers pre-conference courses and field trips, concurrent conference sessions, a poster session, networking opportunities, and a lively trade show.