Bees Besieged: A History of Beekeeping
Salisbury Meeting House, 853 Maple St., Salisbury
Thursday October 27, 2022 7pm
"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. 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 research in Vermont.
This talk is free, open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities.
Hosted jointly by: The Salisbury Historical Society and The Salisbury Conservation Commission Bees Besieged: A History of Beekeeping is a Vermont Humanities program Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.