BEDFORD – Beginning Beekeeper Class is a one-day event in January and serves as an introduction to the basics of beekeeping.
Master Beekeeper Bill Spurlin will teach the class.
The free class will be held on Saturday, January 27, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Central Church of Christ education building at 1401 12th Street in Bedford.
Please RSVP at this link.
This class will cover the considerations to start keeping honeybees, the equipment needed to keep bees, how to obtain and introduce the bees to their hive, inspection and what to look for in the hive, how to harvest honey from your hive, and questions and answers.
Instructor Bill Spurlin grew up on a farm in IN. He moved to Kentucky during his career as a machinist,
returning home in 2002. He started Spurlin Homestead Farm in 2013 with a garden, fruit trees, grape and blackberry vines, rabbits, chickens, and bees.
Bill is a vendor at their local farmers’ market and serves as board president. Bill is an advanced Indiana Master Naturalist and Program Coordinator for the Sullivan County IMN, a Jump Start Program Committee chairman for the Indiana State Beekeepers Association, and a Region 5 Director. He is retired and works full-time on his homestead farm and vacation rentals.
