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Workshop being held on beekeeping

Lima — The Northwest Ohio Beekeeping Association will hold a workshop for people interested in getting started with beekeeping.

The workshop will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 18 at Allen County Extension Office, 3900 Campus Drive, Suite B, located on the campus of OSU-Lima and Rhodes State. Cost is $25.

Topics will include basic honeybee biology, races of bees, package bees versus nucs, where to get bees, how to start a hive, new and used equipment, keeping bees in a residential setting, feeding, inspections, swarm control, disease and pest management, producing honey and other hive products and overwintering. The association holds meetings at 7:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month at Pandora School, on Rocket Ridge Road just off state Route 12 and state Route 696 in Pandora.

For details call Dwight Wilson at 419-722-1953 or Tim Arheit at 419-371-1742 or email tarheit@honeyrunapiaries.com.


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