Bring Pollinators to Your Yard! Learn About Raising Bees in Alameda
FREE EVENT – June 11, 2023, 10 am to 11 am
Thank you Andre and Silvia Kruglikov! Many thanks, Andre, for your fun, highly-informative Alameda backyard talk about bees and honey. We all learned something new from you and your Twin Bee Apiaries hives. Big thanks also to Silvia for using your honey to bake us all some delicious Honey Muffins. (Find the recipe here: www.browneyedbaker.com)
Original event listing: This month we’ll continue our pollinator theme and learn about beekeeping from Andre Kruglikov, longtime Alameda beekeeper. Andre will share with us:
- How he got started and progressed in beekeeping.
- What happens in a hive over the course of a beehive’s year and how it affects the beekeeper. Each season brings its own challenges, especially winter!
- The different bees in a hive – queens, drones and workers – their roles and natural history.
- Varroa mites – the main scourge of bees and beekeepers – and how to manage them.
- Harvesting honey.
- Questions and answers, and much more!
About our presenter: Andre Kruglikov started keeping bees twelve years ago, in an effort to improve pollination of his fruit trees. His hives now number about twenty and his Twin Bee Apiaries sells delicious honey. He’s learned a lot over his time beekeeping and will share his knowledge with us.
We have room for 30 people, and we know that more will want to attend. We will keep a waiting list. Should you find yourself unable to attend, please let us know no less than 3 days before the event.
The event will take place outdoors in the City of Alameda. Location provided to registrants after registration.
Thank you to participants who attended this event! For an information sheet on what was discussed at this demonstration click here.
Save water and still meet the needs of your plants! Two Alameda County Master Gardeners will show you how.
Our speakers will provide an explanation of the drip irrigation system used at the Master Gardeners’ site at the Gardens at Lake Merritt in Oakland. This presentation will demonstrate how to construct a drip irrigation system that waters plants with different water needs. The water requirements for various plants growing in Oakland and surrounding cities will also be covered.
Then join us for a tour of the Master Gardeners’ Trials /Demonstration Gardens showing the different ways drip irrigation can be used. This event is part of a series of summer garden talks by the Alameda County Master Gardeners at the Master Gardener site at the Gardens at Lake Merritt.
About Our Speakers: Hugh Globerson (ACMG class of 2019) and Margaret Wong (ACMG class of 2014) are both active long-term volunteers at this garden.
Join us as we discuss the best methods for keeping your stone fruit trees in good shape via summer pruning and other tree care tips. The focus in this two-hour session will be on caring for cherries, apricots, plums, peaches, and those newly-popular genetic dwarf peaches and nectarines. After an orchard tour of each variety, you’ll have the chance to turn your attention to whatever stone fruit variety you are most interested in, and, with coaching, go hands-on. Whether this is a brush-up session for you, or something entirely new, you’ll be adding real value to your gardening know-how!
Please wear sturdy, close-toed shoes (preferably hiking or work boots). Bring a water bottle. Eye protection is highly recommended (clear safety goggles/glasses, or even sunglasses in a pinch will make a difference in protecting your eyes from errant twigs and branches). You also might want to bring a sun hat and/or sunscreen, although we will be under the canopy of trees with filtered sunlight for most of this workshop.
Equipment to bring, if you have it:
- bypass pruning shears
- gardening/work gloves
- other pruning equipment such as a pruning saw and/or loppers
Adults only, please. We know that interest will exceed the space available and will keep a waiting list. If you register and are unable to attend, we need you to cancel at least 3 days in advance so that we can offer your space to someone else. Please cancel by emailing abg.grow.food@gmail.com.
Farm2Market is a social enterprise that is part of Alameda Point Collaborative. APC works to end homelessness by providing housing and services to create communities where formerly homeless families and individuals can flourish.