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Master Beekeeper, Les Crowder at Hamaatsa! August 10, 2013 TO REGISTER: www.hamaatsa.org Space is limited to 20. Register early to reserve your space! For more information: 505.899.6028 [email protected] Fundamentals of Topbar Beekeeping & Organic Practices for Honeybee Health HAMAATSA Indigenous Learning Center (south of Santa Fe) Saturday, August 10 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Cost: $75 JOIN US for this all day hands-on workshop with Master Beekeeper, Les Crowder where you will learn beekeeping fundamentals including hive design and construction, honeybee biology, hive management, the importance of organic practices, landscaping for bee forage and solutions for pesticide problems. Larry Littlebird, Pueblo Elder and Hamaatsa Director will share indigenous precepts for beekeeping at Hamaatsa’s Honeybee Apiary. Hamaatsa is located on 320 acres of environmentally protected lands surrounded by twelve miles of pesticide free forage for bees. This high desert location is an ideal demonstration site for hive observations in a natural drylands landscape supplemented by Hamaatsa’s emerging food forest and pollinator project. Les Crowder has devoted his entire adult life to the study and care of honeybees. He has kept bees in a variety of hives for nearly 40 years and has been experimenting with top bar hives since 1980. He has maintained a small honey and beeswax business for about 30 years and taught beekeeping for 25 years. As a toddler, Les was fascinated by insects. The first swarm of honeybees came to him in his early teens and he was transfixed. He became a teenage beekeeper, removing bees from homes to save them from the poison of the exterminator. He then worked with a large-scale commercial beekeeper, where he saw a type of beekeeping that seemed destructive to bees. This inspired Les to develop a beekeeping style that is inexpensive and completely chemical and treatment free. A leader in his community. Les has served as New Mexico’s Honeybee Inspector and president of the New Mexico Beekeepers Association. Les and his wife, Heather Harrell have together written a book, “Top-Bar Beekeeping” to help people all over the world keep bees in a more holistic and sustainable way. A gifted storyteller and engaging instructor, we look forward to this special day with Les at Hamaatsa! For more information about Les visit: www.fortheloveofbees.com HAMAATSA is an indigenous continuum learning center and demonstration farm located on 320 acres of pristine aboriginal lands, in the rolling foothills of the Ortiz Mountains, just south of Santa Fe. Their mission is committed to regenerative and sustainable living, spiritual wholeness and cultural restoration. For more information visit: www.hamaatsa.org We recommend reading the newly released book, Top-Bar Beekeeping by Les Crowder and Heather Harrell. Bring your book for Les to sign! Books will also be available for purchase on site. To Order Book: www.fortheloveofbees.com
