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Happy New Year! We had a great holiday season and hope you did too. It’s always fun to look back at the previous year so I wanted to highlight a few things that happened at the apiary in 2019. Beekeeping Last year was a big year for me in terms of improving my beekeeping skills. […]

I’ll be teaching lots of classes this year for my apiary, Astor Apiaries, as well as for my friends at Green-Wood Cemetery. Right now I have some ‘Intro to Beekeeping’ classes on the calendar as well as a ‘Beginner’s Beekeeping Course’ set for the spring. You can find the latest info on these and more […]

November is the time we finish our last major chore of the season; winterizing. Winterizing actually begins much earlier in the season during the summer. It’s a process of keeping the colony healthy and large so they are able to fight off pests and disease. We do our best to treat for pests as needed. […]