The College of Continuing Education and Community Service at the University of Hawaii at Hilo offers two workshops about beekeeping and aquaponics in October.
The College of Continuing Education and Community Service at the University of Hawaii at Hilo offers two workshops about beekeeping and aquaponics in October.
Aquaponics for Beginners is from 10 a.m.-noon Oct. 3 and 4 in UH-Hilo’s College of Agriculture Building, Room 102. The cost is $45.
Participants will join farmer-instructor Jeremai Cann for a classroom and hands-on session where he will teach beginner aquaponic gardeners how to get started with aquaponics for a no-till, no-weeds, no-irrigation food production system. The sessions will include in-depth coverage of plants, aquaculture, water quality, system cycling and construction.
The Benefits of Beekeeping will be from 5-8 p.m. Oct. 6, 13 and 20, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 24 in UH-Hilo’s Science and Technology Building, Room 118, and the Komohana Research and Extension Center.
Classes can be taken as a series for $50, or individually at $20 each. The series combines lecture, lab and fieldwork designed to support beekeepers at all levels of experience or those who aspire to keep bees.
Instructor and Hawaii apiary specialist Danielle Downey will cover honeybee biology, honeybee health, products of the hive and lead a field day in the apiary.
For more information or to register, call CCECS at 974-7664 or email ccecs@hawaii.