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Mar
6

Honey Bees and Hives: Sweet and Gentle Pollinators in Your Yard

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Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
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Have you ever considered beekeeping? Wondered about those brave souls who mingle with bees? Curious about co-existing with thousands of busy little creatures, producing all that honey?
Join us for an evening with Frank Moriarty, Jim Belli, and Karen Belli, from the Lake County Beekeepers Association. They will introduce us to the art of Beekeeping.  From the history of honeybees and how the hive works, to the importance of these pollinators to our crops. They will cover it all!  There will even be some honey for those who want to taste honey from Lake County.
 
Speakers: Frank Moriarty, Jim & Karen Belli
 

 
About our speakers
Frank Moriarty is the current president of Lake County Beekeepers Association and has been raising bees for 3 years. He is a vocal advocate for 'backyard beekeepers' and has developed a NewBeez Program to assist 1st time beekeepers in being successful with their honeybees. Along with traditional beekeeping and honey extraction methods, Frank embraces some newer approaches including the Flow Hive (honey on tap from the hive) and Apivox Auditor (a device for monitoring bee colonies). He lives in Hawthorn Woods with his home abutting the Flint Creek conservation waterway. 
Jim Belli has served as the Northern Region Director and president of the Illinois State Beekeepers Association and is currently a Director of the American Beekeeping Federation. Jim and his wife Karen have been keeping bees for 17 years on their 45-acre property, Belli Farm, located in Old Mill Creek, Illinois. They are a wealth of knowledge about the history of beekeeping as well as current research and methods of beekeeping. Four years ago the Belli's  started a pollinator habitat restoration, and have currently enrolled their farm in the State of Illinois Forest Management Plan.
 
Families welcome  No fee or registration required
 

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