On the Milton Historical Museum front lawn, 13 School Street, Milton
***Masks required, please bring your own chair and maintain distancing***
The bees are the color; everything else is black and white."
– Kirk Webster, Bridport beekeeper
Beekeeping goes back 10,000 years, but bees have been much in the news recently as a multi-pronged scourge has devastated many of the nation's 2.5 million colonies. Meanwhile, hobby beekeeping has grown exponentially in the country.
Join us for an evening of outdoor natural history as Bill Mares, writer, and a beekeeper for 45 years, will tell of the origins and evolution of beekeeping, sometimes referred to as "farming for intellectuals," with a particular emphasis on his new book, with Ross Conrad, and others, "The Land of Milk and Honey, a History of Beekeeping in Vermont." (Green Writers Press). A Vermont Humanities Council event.
- Due to the pandemic, this outdoor program is our only scheduled 2020 event, and May - October Saturday open museum hours are postponed till next year as well. We look forward to resuming our regular schedule in 2021, or when it is safe to do so. Thank you for your understanding, and stay safe.
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