Letcher County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022





1018 - Beekeeping
1018.11) 5

Number of beekeepers who used Extension resources (e.g. autoclave) in their production.

1018.1) 1695

Number of beekeepers who increased their knowledge on establishing and maintaining hives, honey production, and marketing



Success Stories

East Kentucky Bee School

Author: Shad Baker

Major Program: Beekeeping

The 12th East Kentucky Winter Beekeeping School was held virtual again in January 2022 due to a winter Covid surge.        A virtual School, like this one, is challenging but the committee, made up of local Beekeepers, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture state Apiarist and Extension Agents from Perry, Harlan, Floyd and Letcher Counties, worked extremely hard to pull off another successful virtual event.     Even with the virtual event, this was the highest a

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