One thing we like to do is to always try to improve the hives that we use in our apiaries. If something is difficult or irritating about inspecting, moving, or using a hive, we make a note of it and change the design of future hives. The booklet that we give to people, How to…
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Trainer Tom’s New Blog
Veteran trainer Tom Hebert, who has volunteered his time with us every July for the past three years, has finally started his own blog: Musings on Beekeeping. We’re lucky enough to be featured in Tom’s postings regularly, which is fun (especially for our kids). Please remember to like his blog so that you don’t miss…
Summer 2014 with Trainer Tom Hebert
Tom Hebert, a three-year Farmer-to-Farmer trainer at Yerba Buena Farm, spent July 2014 teaching beekeepers an easy record keeping method and leading Build Your Own Foundation Mold workshops. Unfortunately, I’m not able to upload the pictures I need to document his time here this past summer. He visited a Blue Mountain coffee farm and traveled…
Partners of the Americas Farmer to Farmer Blog Features Our Project
Here’s what they had to say (and if you’d like to visit their actual blog page, click here): Cultivating Change: Farmer to Farmer Blog Promoting economic growth, agricultural development and volunteer service in the Americas. Top-Bar Beekeeping 101: Sustainable Beekeeping in St. Mary, Jamaica Example of a top-bar hive. Today marks the beginning of Tom Hebert’s…
Tom Hebert, Our Top Bar Trainer, Shares All on Bee Source Forum
Tom Hebert, our top bar bee keeping trainer, has been sharing information about our activities here on the Bee Source forum. Tom has a talent that I envy – he is a wonderful teacher who knows how to present information in a clear, organized way. Here is the link to the page with his forum…
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