Bees/BeekeepingMajor Program

3618

Total Hours

Contributed.

25773

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

307

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

487

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers who incorporated best practices recommended by Extension

2813

Stories

South East KY Beekeeping School

South East Kentucky Bee School 2018Importance: McCreary County has over 75 beekeepers with over 550 hives. This was the ninth Bee School held between McCreary and Whitley County.Educational Programs: The South Eastern Bee Keeping School was held to assist bee keepers in South Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee with needed information to make their bee keeping efforts more successful. An all day program was held that offered 25 different educational classes that bee keepers could attend, from beginni...

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South East KY Beekeeping School

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Outdoor Beekeeping Classroom

    In the spring of 2017 the Northeast Kentucky Beekeepers planned and designed an outdoor classroom areas to teach beekeeping with a hands on aspect. They set up six beehives, with one being a top bar h... Read More

  • Small Farms Series

    This season Calloway County Extension office has offered a new series of classes centered around increasing viability and overall profitability of a small scale farm. Classes were offered in the areas... Read More

  • Bee school

    Four beekeeping associations and three related businesses in western Kentucky collaborated with Extension Agents from Livingston, Lyon, Crittenden, MacCracken, and Marshal Counties to offer the 2017 F... Read More

  • 2017 Fall Bee School

    Four beekeeping associations and three related businesses in western Kentucky collaborated with Extension Agents from five counties to offer the 2017 Fall Beekeepers School at the Marshall County Exte... Read More

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