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PRESS RELEASE<br>
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
February 5,
2015
Teresa Izzo<br>
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tizzo@ccmnh.org<br>
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents<br>
<i>Beekeeping for Beginners<br>
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</b>BREWSTER, MA The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History will offer a
course on beekeeping <b>Wednesday evenings March 4, 11, 18 and 25<sup>
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The course will be taught by George Muhlebach, a hobby beekeeper for over
30 years, who has run the CCMNH bee program for the last eight years.
George will cover the required hardware, the biology of the honey bee,
bee keeping tasks through the seasons as well as the honey harvest.
The Museum’s four outdoor hives will give the opportunity to get hands on
experience on how to assemble the hardware, how to start a new hive (the
“hiving procedure”) and how to assess the health of a developing hive. We
will also discuss some of the recent results of current bee research.
This course does not require any prior knowledge of beekeeping. It
is designed to be of equal interest to the person who wants to get into
beekeeping and to those who simply want to know more about the “busy
bees” that provide us the delicious treat of honey and many of the fruits
and vegetables. Bees have a symbiotic relationship with flowering plants
so beekeepers help to maintain the biodiversity of our ecosystem!<br>
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The classes will be held at the Museum on Wednesdays, March 4th, 11th,
18th & 25th from 7:00pm – 9:00pm <br>
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</i><b>The cost is $25 per person</b> <b>and 4 volunteer hive openings
during the 2015 season</b>.<br>
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Reservations are required; please call the Museum at 508-896-3867 ext.
133.<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
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