Bees, I’ve been dying to raise them for the last couple of years but I couldn’t get myself into the beekeeping class through Essex County Beekeepers’ Association‘s lottery system. I tried the last two years without any luck!

One benefit of the Covid-19 crisis was that ECBA was prompted to bring their traditionally in-person course to an online format. So this year I got in! And last Friday I went to Crystal Bee Supply and purchased everything I need to get started as a new beekeeper! I cannot tell you how excited I am to raise bees and hopefully (fingers crossed) have honey for Shea’s Riverside in the fall! I’ve been attending the online classes at the Restaurant because my little farm assistant Ms. G would never let me sit through two hours of zoom class uninterrupted at home. Learning in the restaurant has been nice because I feel like I am bringing forward looking energy to the space. I am literally sitting in an empty restaurant beelieving (see what I did there) that in just a few weeks Spring will be here and the restaurant will be full of people and I will have to find different place to take my final course, because class ends April 13th and the restaurant opens April 8th!