Manhattan Beach honeybee keeper Susan Rudnicki presents “Honeybee keeping in the LA Basin – an emerging craft.”
04/01/2015
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Location
Eaton Canyon Nature Center
Susan responds to citizen calls regarding human conflicts with honeybees, rescuing the bees and re-homing them to people wanting honeybee hives through the network of her club, HoneyLove, a non-profit dedicated to education in urban beekeeping. She has 8 hives of feral rescued bees, is a mentor to new beekeepers, and sells honey from her hives. She will bring an observation hive with a frame of live bees on their honeycomb.
Honeybees live in a world that is endlessly fascinating for its complex behaviors, communication and organizational structure. With a queen and all her sisters, it is a matriarchy driven largely by chemical signaling with strict “job descriptions” through which all workers will pass in their lifetimes. Bees play a critical role as pollinators for food and flower production. An understanding of this role helps dispel negative views of stinging insects.
Doors open 7 pm for socializing and refreshments, program begins 7:30 pm.
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