EYA is now accepting applications for its 2011 Community Hive Program - a free, 4-month training program in hobby beekeeping for youth.
EYA facilitates an annual beekeeping program for youth, focusing on natural and organic practices to maintain the health of our two colonies at our Means of Production garden. Weekly Saturday sessions from May through October provide a solid foundation in hobby beekeeping.
Our 2011 program is now accepting applications.
The program will run from May 7 - October 8 with bi-weekly (every other week) sessions on Saturdays from 10-1 at our Means of Production Garden in Mt. Pleasant which has two working colonies that participants will be able to interact with and learn from. The curriculum includes: basic natural beekeeping, habitat creation, honeybee products, and honey extraction. We will also be visiting other apiaries in the Lower Mainland to hear from bee farmers in the area.
To apply, simply email a letter of intent to Hartley Rosen (hartley@eya.ca) stating 1) Why you want to learn about bees, 2) Your past experience working with bees (if applicable), 3) What you want to learn from the program, and 4) Your age as of May 1,2011. DEADLINE to apply is APRIL 25
We are lucky to have 2 amazing mentors, Brian Campbell and Sheilagh McKenna, with us to facilitate hands on sessions in all aspects of sustainable hive management.
This video below was produced by students attending our 2 week intensive documentary filmmaking course in the summer of 2009...
Last year, we also installed a new style (well, old style actually that has not been used for a while) of hive, called a top bar hive at the EYA Youth Garden. This city has the potential to be full of honey!
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