Welcome to A.B.C's Home Hive...
"A.B.C is dedicated to bringing small scale, hobby apiaries to urban spaces through educational programming, mentorship, and community engagement projects. Come have a look through the website and see all of the awesome opportunities that await you and your community!"
- Eliese Watson, Founder
So you want to be a beekeeper, where do you start? Well, you started in the right place. A.B.C is here to guide you through the steps of finding and building a beekeeping community around you! We offer free tools and resources, opportunities to find mentors; guide you through purchasing equipment and honeybees, as well as offering the best educational programming around. A.B.C has excellent relationships with beekeeping leaders from coast to coast, offering a robust knowlegde of various strategies in bee-care. A.B.C also offers opportunities for you to rub shoulders with leaders in organic and alternative hive management practices from all over North America by bringing in keynote speakers and honorary educators every year!
You will like what A.B.C has to offer if you are...
- Ready to learn new things, bees are profound teachers
- Eager to work within a community of like-minded, passionate people
- Work with mentors to expand your knowledge of bees
- Become more engaged as a member of your family, neighbourhood, and community
- You are a teacher/programmer and would like A.B.C to share more about bees with your students/members
- You are apart of a community group or organization eager to learn more about sustainable group dynamics
A.B.C has tried and tested tools to ensure you are supported and knowledgeable. We have programs and tools in place that will ensure that you or your community can get off to the right foot. A.B.C can help you answer the following questions: How do I get honeybees? What do I need to do to start beekeeping? How do I start a club or group in my community? Where can I find support? These are all very honest and realistsic questions that can be challenging to answer.
A.B.C is here to help guide you on your mission to become a beekeeper. Have a look through the Free Stuff page and have a look through the resources, FAQ page, join the local Community Hive chatroom and ask questions to current A.B.C community members, and check out the recommended websites and videos. These will help you focus your research on honeybees.
A.B.C offers a wide range of services and programs help you take action. A.B.C offers school programs, adult educational programming on honeybee keeping, collaborative pruchasing of bees and equipment annually, as well as keynote presentations on 'How To Build The Community Hive Near You". A.B.C also does more hands-on support through Bee Doctoring (for beekeepers who want a second opinion) and swarm captures on public and private lands.
Are you interested in working with honeybees before you decide to keep your own? No problem. A.B.C offers tools to fast-track you in finding a beekeeping mentor in your community. If it is hands-on experince that you crave, we can make sure that you get your hands sticky! A.B.C's 6 Step's To Building the Hive Mentality offers you with FREE and streamlined access to the A.B.C beekeeping community where everyone is a mentor and educator!
Thank you for coming to our website! We hope that you enjoy the resources at hand and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us! We love and appreciate your feedback.
