This FREE program is an intergenerational event that is open to the public Tuesday, July 6th at 1:00 pm. Immediately following , we are having an ice cream social sponsored by Visiting Angels.
THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE OUTDOORS UNDER THE LARGE WHITE TENT LOCATED IN THE UPPER PARKING LOT AT THE GROTON SENIOR CENTER TO REGISTER PLEASE CALL 860-441-6785 BY JULY 2, 2021
Pappy has around 40 bee colonies distributed across 4 bee yards located in Salem,
Waterford, East Lyme and Old Lyme. He is what is called “sideline beekeeper’ as
opposed to what is called a “backyard beekeeper”. The distinction is not only the
size of the operation, but also the fact that the sideliner operates as a business. In his
case, the operation is called “Pappy’s Bees LLC”.
Sideline operations are usually run by one or more experienced beekeepers, and have
a substantial investment in equipment needed to process several hundred pounds of
honey in a given year. He has been keeping bees for over 8 years, and the learning
curve has been steep. Having been both a large and small animal veterinarian for 40
years has given him the right mindset to manage bees as livestock. Bees are important
not so much as individuals but as members of a “superorganism” called a bee colony. The one exception to this
rule is the queen, on whose health the entire colony depends. Without a good queen, a colony is doomed to
failure. However, bees have evolved several failsafe methods to provide for the colony if the queen should be
injured or die. Please join us to learn more at this intergenerational presentation. Registration is necessary.