Beekeeping 365

Sunday, June 19th, 2011, 8:30am – 4:00pm
instructor: Brian Scullion
cost: $95 + HST (lunch included)

Keeping bees provides us with honey and pollen, pollination, and an intimate relationship with the fascinating world of bees. This one-day workshop will present a year’s cycle, including all of the steps from building boxes and selecting queens to extracting honey. The workshop will provide an emphasis on bee health, including nutrition, diseases, pests, and various ways to manage your bees in harmony with the landscape and your neighbours.

Brian Scullion has a keen passion for bees – he loves talking about them, actively teaches children, seniors, and community members about the wonders of honeybees, and has kept bees in Victoria’s James Bay neighbourhood for over ten years. Brian runs the James Bay Honey Company and supplies honey to his community through the farmers market and grocery stores. Brian is the South Island representative to the British Columbia Honey Producers and the Co-President of the Capital Region Beekeepers.