EDUCATIONAL SPEAKERS

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JOSH SALB:

Co-Owner of ARBOR DOCS VIRGINIA

HIS TALK :

Taking Care of Your Trees with Ecology in Mind

ROB HOWARD:

Virginia Certified Master Beekeeper and the owner of Big Lick Honey Company LLC. He manages about 70 hives in the Roanoke Valley and has been keeping honeybees for over 12 years.

HIS TALK:

To Bee or not to Bee a Beekeeper! Is beekeeping right for you? What is envolved? How expensive and time-consuming is beekeeping? Is it hard to learn, and how would I even get started.  

EDWARD "LEE" AUGUST:

Beekeeper, photographer, and Visual Communications Coordinator for Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary. Apprentice Beekeeper through the VSBA with four years of experience in stewarding beehives. Started beekeeping in 2020 and immediately fell in love with tending to bees. His first two hives lived for 4 years, with one still with us. Lee began his journey with the Intro To Beekeeping

NEELIMA BAIRD:

Used to think she was afraid of bees!  Fortunately, her desire to be the best possible steward for the land in her care led her to develop a deep curiosity about their ways, which led to profound respect and love (and to Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary, followed by a dramatic shift in her life plan).  For her graduation from Spikenard’s Biodynamic Beekeeper Training, she wrote a Communi