Free Class: Honey Bees and Beekeeping

From The Natural Gardener –

Sunday, June 18^th at 10 am – Tanya Phillips, Master Beekeeper with Bee Friendly Austin (BeeFriendlyAustin.com), presents “Honey Bees & Beekeeping.”

Are you curious about beekeeping? Would you like to know what the average person can do to protect and attract honey bees? Bee at The Natural Gardener this morning to find out more about the honey bees’ job as pollinator, the causes of colony collapse disorder, and several ways we can help bees and other pollinators.

Tanya Phillips is a beekeeper and owner of a registered and Certified Naturally Grown apiary in southwest Austin. She teaches beginning and hands-on natural beekeeping classes and sells raw honey and other bee products. She and her husband make and sell both Langstroth and Top Bar style beehives. She started two nonprofit organizations, TravisCountyBeekeepers.org and BeeFriendlyFoundation.org as well as the annual event called Tour de Hives (TourdeHives.org) to further help out our little flying friends. She is a graduate of the Master Beekeeper program at Montana State University and loves sharing her passion and fascination of bees!