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

Bee School

Four beekeeping associations and three related businesses in western Kentucky collaborated with Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Agents from five counties to offer the 3rd Annual Bee School at the Marshall County Extension Office. Program topics were organized into beginning and advanced tracks. Fifty-one people attended from seven counties in Kentucky and two from Illinois. Eight had not attended a bee school before. Topics included advanced and basic beekeeping, basic equipment, top...

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Bee 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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