Getting Started in Beekeeping

LI Master Beekeeper Chris Kelly will present a lecture on the basics of beekeeping. Topics covered will include: the cost of getting started equipment selection site or hive placement considerations and a brief overview of the beekeeping calendar year. Chris will also provide information on purchasing bees & equipment. Q & A follows. Chris Kelly is a Cornell Master Beekeeper and a Cornell-trained entomologist with 48 years of experience keeping bees. As a former professional beekeeper he helped develop connections with the leading researchers in Apiculture and maintains a perspective on the pressures of keeping bees today. Chris is the owner of North Fork Promise Land Apiaries based in Mattituck a sustainably managed operation of about 100 hives.