Five Common Mistakes Beekeepers Make - Southern Oregon Beekeepers Association. Karessa Torgerson spoke at our December 8th meeting outlining the five most common beekeeper mistakes.
Karessa is owner of Apicurious (www.api-curious.com), an EAS Master Beekeeper, co-founder of Nectar Bee Supply (www.shonnards.com/beekeeping), and board member of Tree Hive Bees (www.treehivebees.com). She serves on the Oregon Master Beekeeper committee and teaches and mentors for the program. Our first hives can serve as our ‘tuition’ as we learn what not to do as beginners. Beginning beekeepers lose about 60% of their hives, compared to an average of 30% loss overall each year. It is very expensive to lose a colony, in lost dollars, frustration, and heartbreak. Building an Amazon for Agriculture. Imagine an Amazon exclusively for farmers, where you could purchase your seed, fertilizer, and chemicals from anywhere in the world for the best rate available.
That’s the vision behind Agroy – a start-up with the technology in place to provide these services to farmers. “In every other retail system in the world, you can find prices and products online,” says Agroy co-founder Brad McDonald, who also farms in northeast Iowa. Home - Wefarm.
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