Join us for an engaging morning at the farm while we learn about the life of honeybees and their importance in our environment. We will learn about how honeybees make comb and honey, the different roles of the bees in the hive and so much more. During our class we will open up one of our live working hives with a local beekeeper. We’ll taste fresh honey and have time for any and all honeybee related questions. You’ll go home with lots of honeybee information and tips and tricks on how to make your space more pollinator friendly.
Cost: $49 for adults, $20 for kids. 18 Individuals (maximum of 2 ticketed children per ticketed adult. All children must be at least 5 years of age and accompanied by a ticketed adult).
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Special thanks to Justin’s for sponsoring this class.
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Instructors:
Rachel Charkowicz, Education Program Manager: I’m Rachel and I have been working in education since 2013. I have taught outside, in classrooms, abroad, and all ages! When I am not teaching, I love to garden, paint, make tea, and read on the porch. I have gained such an appreciation for our food after moving to Colorado and experiencing a community that is so agriculture and food-system-focused! I love to teach and educate around this topic, as there is so much to still learn!
Chris Borke, Boulder Valley Honey: Our primary mission since 2013 is to build a sustainable apiary here on the greater front range to keep pollinators for decades to come. What this means to us is supporting healthy honeybees with resilient genetics through our local queen rearing process, raising them in beehives manufactured at our own woodshop from local timber, and extracting our honey in a traceable manner. In 2022 with the help of RESTORE Colorado and Zero Foodprint we transformed an acre of hillside into a native pollinator paradise by planting over 400 native shrubs and xeric perennials at our farm in east Boulder. We were also awarded a grant from Boulder County’s OSCAR/Sustainable Food and Ag program to host in-person educational opportunities where community members can work a beehive in person with suits and tools. Come learn about bees with us!