We are excited to invite you to our monthly beekeeping workshop series in 2026!
Join Bobbie Wilson on the second Sunday of every month from 1pm-3pm for coffee, camaraderie, and a lesson on beekeeping! 🐝
This isn’t a boring lecture or a brain dump. You will build better habits, practice seasonal skills, and head home ready to use what you learned.
This series is for:
🐝 Folks curious about beekeeping
🐝 New beekeepers who want a strong foundation
🐝 Experienced keepers who value community and continuous learning
Everyone who joins will be paired with either a mentor or a beekeeping buddy from the group, giving you quick support when questions come up and the chance to build friendships along the way.
Sign up and become better beekeepers together.
You can sign up for a single workshop for $20 or save by signing up for the full series for $100 (only $10 per session!).
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About the workshop host- Bobbie Wilson:
“20 years ago, I read the lovely book “The Secret Life of Bees”, and it started me down a path to learn as much as I could about honeybees. I joined the Connecticut Beekeepers Association, which is the oldest beekeeping club in America, and I also completed the Cornell Master Beekeeper’s program. I realized that if I wanted to be a caretaker for these incredible creatures, I wanted to learn as much as I could.
I took three years to educate myself before I started my first hive! That first day of actually being a beekeeper was so amazing. I invited 10 friends to come and have a “pollinator lunch” and then help me install. The honeybees have always offered a venue for not only learning and caretaking for the honeybees, but also community and camaraderie and teaching.
When I moved back to South Dakota four years ago, and started with Ecdysis Foundation as the beekeeper for the farm, I realized that there were a lot of people interested in honeybees, but that folks didn’t really know a lot about how to do it, even the city of Brookings asked me to help them with an ordinance to allow honeybees in town! It was unanimously passed!
I have such wonderful experiences in Connecticut with the gathering of people at my bee club, that we, at Ecdysis, thought it would be a terrific way to give back to South Dakota, which has incredibly rich long history of beekeeping. We also have a desire to be part of the local South Dakota agriculture community and help support local beekeepers as well as people who want to learn about beekeeping.”
We hope to see you!
Link to sign up:
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Also check out other Workshops in Estelline.
