Workshops

Honey products, mead making, wax products and botanicals
Irene and Jacob Westrick are hosting our first series of workshops in January and February 2024.

Honey Products
Saturday, January 27
9am - noon
​Irene and Jacob Westrick
We sampled, discussed making and took home a variety of honey products at this hands-on workshop, including:
  • Creamed honey - flavored with orange zest, cinnamon and rosemary/thyme
  • Whipped honey butter - flavored with rosemary and thyme
  • Honey comb - presented in beautiful Ross Rounds, served with hard white cheese and crackers.
  • Fermented honey infusions with elderberry, cranberry and garlic
  • Medicinal herbal shrubs
  • Lemon balm and honey lemonaide
  • Russian honey cake
  • Goat milk soap with honey and essential oils
The class of 16 was full with several on the waiting list. It was a great way for those of us with hives to learn more ways to use our honey and new or aspiring beekeepers to see what all they could use their main hive product, honey, for. Look at how much fun we had...

Mead Making 101
​Saturday, January 27
1pm - 3pm
Garrett Hanna
Garrett Hanna, an experience mead maker and experimenter led us through a simple, three ingredient mead recipe consisting of water, honey and yeast. For a gallon of mead. Attendees brought a one-gallon glass container or carboy with a vapor lock, mixed up their own mead and got it bubbling. Check out some photos of the fun.

Mind Your Beeswax!
​Saturday, February 10
9am - noon
​Irene and Jacob Westrick​
We had a wonderful time learning about many of the items that can be made with bees wax, including:
  • Rendering wax
  • Chapstick
  • Lotion bars
  • Salves/balms
  • Body butter
  • Wood butter
  • Food wraps
  • Fire starters
The workshop was full up and the participants took home an amazing collection of beeswax products. Check out some pictures from this fun, informative and productive workshop...

Inviting Bees to Your Garden
​Saturday, February 10
1pm - 3pm
Irene and Jacob Westrick​
Participants learned about native plants that provide great nectar and pollen for bees. The workshop touched on the following topics:
  • ​How to plant for different seasons
  • Types of flowers that attract pollinators
  • Flower height
  • Colors
  • High nectar/pollen plants
  • Flowers throughout the seasons
  • Vegetables/fruit & flowers
The workshop was a fun, casual conversation. Everyone left inspired with great ideas and handouts.