The Fascinating World of Honeybees
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A couple of years ago, Cooperative Extensions started a honeybee program in conjunction with the Community Service and Restitution Program as a way to expand opportunities for kids to complete their community service hours. Students built hives, frames, and other components needed to keep bees, and the program began to grow and expand. This expansion resulted in 4-H programs for youth and adults on basic beekeeping, hive management, and honey extraction.
The program grew to include nine hives. This past May, the first honey extraction took place and resulted in about 4 gallons of very tasty honey. This was distributed to various places including the senior center, class participants, and others who had helped start and support the program.
As we move into the third season of the program, our objective will evolve more into honey production and expanding beekeeping throughout the county. Our next opportunity to “rob” the bees of their honey will be late spring of 2025, and we expect to greatly increase the harvest from next year and distribute the honey throughout the county – generally through the Lower Currituck Food Bank and the senior center. The community outreach connected to the program will focus on participants beginning the process of keeping bees at their homes or land throughout Currituck and surrounding areas. Our programs will encourage and support that goal.
Learning about bees and their very busy fascinating world is quite interesting. If you have ever wanted to keep bees or learn more about the process, stay tuned. “Bee” on the lookout for programs offered by Cooperative Extension in the future.