Honey Harvesting

with Ed Levi

Join Ed Levi to learn about honey harvesting!

In July, Ed Levi harvested honey from FPL's hive for the very first time! We caught it all on camera and in this event, Ed will explain each step in the process including when to harvest, pulling the frame from the hive, extracting the honey and bottling. 

Ed Levi began his beekeeping career in France where he graduated from a college beekeeping program and kept bees there for five years in the 1970s. He continued his beekeeping business in Arkansas and became the Apiary Specialist and Inspector for the Arkansas State Plant Board, where he served for 25 years. He is also an Eastern Apiculture Society Master Beekeeper. His teaching covers all levels of beekeeping and often involves Integrated Pest Management in bees. During much of the last 20 years Ed has volunteered as a consultant for USAID, teaching beekeeping in many developing countries in Asia, Africa, South America and Eastern Europe, consulting on more than 40 assignments. In the Spring of 2019, with the assistance of a grant, Ed organized and runs a queen breeding cooperative in NW Arkansas where the goal is to develop queens with high levels of hygienic behavior. This co-op continues with this goal. He still maintains a few colonies in the Fayetteville area and served as the 2021 President of the NWA Beekeeping Association. Ed has worked with the library to set up a display area and a small apiary on the roof.

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