The great people at the Ramah Farmers' Market (Association) have organized another fascinating workshop featuring another of New Mexico's sustainable agriculture super-stars (I missed the Tooley fruit tree workshop in the fall, but read about it in one of the fall issues of the Ramah Farmers' Beet)! For this workshop they've coaxed Les Crowder out of the Rio Grande valley and mountains of northern New Mexico where he frequently offers beekeeping workshops, and he's coming to Ramah on July 17 & 18. Please call Kate Wilson (RFM manager- 783-4704) to sign-up in advance for this workshop; they really need every interested person/couple to attend as they've barely met the minimum number of students that would make the long trip from Rio Lucio worth it for Les. Browse his website at www.fortheloveofbees.com
If you're unfamiliar with topbar beekeeping, it's promoted as a cheaper, simpler, and more natural alternative to the traditional method of using vertically stacked Langstroth hives. For more info on the workshop read the text in the photo above. To read my August 2009 post about beekeeping in Gallup, click here.
Other local bee/honey news: The Gallup YCC planned on expanding Karl's 3 hives to 12 this year with the honey for sale at the Gallup Farmers' Market later in the season. I'm unsure if everything went as planned; earlier in the spring Karl mentioned the bee colonies would arrive on May 19th. Last weekend I also learned from Kate Wilson that the Zuni High School is keeping more than a dozen hives this year and honey may already be for sale at Halona Plaza in Zuni!
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