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County Cooperative Extension to Host Beginning Beekeeping Course

Sep 11, 2024

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Cumberland County Cooperative Extension will conduct a Beginning Beekeeping Course beginning Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 at 6 p.m. The course will cover the basic information necessary to begin beekeeping and will prepare students for the Practical Beekeeping Course that will be taught in the spring of 2025. This course is free and will be held every Thursday evening for six weeks from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cumberland County Cooperative Extension office. For more information and to preregister, contact Susan Johnson at 910-321-6405 or email kenneth_bailey@ncsu.edu.

Register through Eventbrite or Susan Johnson at 910-321-6405 or susan_johnson@ncsu.edu. Eventbrite registration links can be found by visiting the Cumberland County Cooperative Extension website at https://cumberland.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/09/beginning-beekeeping-course-2/. Participants will register for each class they plan to attend.

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days prior to the event by contacting Kenny Bailey at 910-321-6871 or kenneth_bailey@ncsu.edu.

ABOUT N.C. COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

North Carolina Cooperative Extension is a strategic partnership of NC State Extension, The Cooperative Extension Program at N.C. A&T State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA), and local government partners statewide. Extension delivers research-based education and technology from NC State and N.C. A&T that enriches the lives, land and economy of North Carolinians. Extension professionals in all 100 counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee provide educational programs specializing in agriculture, youth, communities, health and the environment.