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Forest Preserve offers six-week beekeeping class
Learn the basics of beekeeping from Plum Creek Nature Center's resident beekeeper.
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.
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.
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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.
