Wednesday 10th | 2pm
Ed Levi of Fayetteville began a beekeeping career in France in 1973, after graduating from an apicultural program there. He kept bees in France for five years and then continued his beekeeping business in Arkansas, becoming the Apiary Specialist and Inspector for the Arkansas State Plant Board. Ed organized and still runs a queen breeding cooperative in NWA, with a goal of developing queens with high levels of hygienic behavior. He has volunteered with USAID, teaching beekeeping in developing countries, including over 40 assignments in Asia, Africa, South America and Eastern Europe. His most recent assignments were in Madagascar, where he has an ongoing research project.
In the Performance Hall.
