Forest Preserve Offers Six-Week Beekeeping Class

If you would like to learn more about installing and maintaining beehives, sign up for the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s six-week Be a Beekeeper Class at Plum Creek Nature Center.

The registration deadline is Tuesday, June 16.

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Plum Creek also hosts the Meet a Beekeeper program, which features Dade Bradley, the District’s resident beekeeper who maintains a live honeybee hive at Plum Creek. Bradley will teach the six-week class, which begins on Saturday, June 20.

Class sessions will be from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays (except July 4). The course is for ages 18 and older and the fee is $65 per person. There is an optional fee of $40 that includes the recommended course textbook.

For more information, read a Q&A with Bradley at ReconnectWithNature.org.