Dick Vermeulen will lead an online presentation called, General Beekeeping, hosted by Merryspring Nature Center, on Tuesday, March 11, at 12 p.m. 

A member of the Knox-Lincoln County Beekeepers (KLCB) and Maine State Beekeepers (MSBA), Vermeulen will be talking about the fascinating hobby of keeping honey bees alive and productive in Maine. His presentation will include beekeeping start up equipment, the cast of characters in the hive, worker bee tasks as they age, bees as pollinators, challenges to keeping bees in Maine and what we can all do to help keep these important insects thriving. He has a 40 slide Power Point presentation prepared by Jane Dunstan, who manages 40 hives at her Garden Apiary at Ridge Mist in Newcastle.                            

This talk is part of Merryspring’s Online Winter Talk series, co-sponsored by Camden Riverhouse Hotel, Renys, A Maine Adventure, and Camden National Bank.   

This one link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83922205228 will allow access to all of the Merryspring online talks and can also be found on the calendar at https://merryspring.org/calendar/, or you may request the link by sending an email to info@merryspring.org.  

Online talks are held as Zoom webinars and are open to everybody, free of charge. 

Merryspring is your community nature center offering walking trails, cultivated gardens, wildlife, and ecology and horticulture educational programs all year round. The park is located at the end of Conway Road, just off of Route 1 in Camden behind Hannaford Shopping Plaza. For more information on this program, please contact info@merryspring.org or call 207-236-2239.