Lincoln Trail Beekeepers Association
Bee All You Can Bee!
Beekeeping is a Crucial part of Kentucky Agriculture -
The objectives of the Lincoln Trail Beekeepers' Association are:
The promotion of legislation and controls to protect and assist beekeeping as an industry and hobby enlisted Kentucky, our neighbor states, and the nation as a whole;
The local development of sound, scientific, and healthful practices of beekeeping; and
The education of beekeepers and the general public in the need for beekeeping and importance of bees to our local economy and agriculture.
One of every three bites you eat is the work of the bees!
Bees Are Important!
In addition to providing honey and wax,- wonderful premium natural products in which the human race has rejoiced since prehistoric times, - modern science has demonstrated how important bees are for the pollination of the fruits and vegetables which grace our dinner tables every day. Apples and pears, cucumbers and pumpkins, to say nothing of flowers- all kinds of plants depend upon insects for pollination; the most efficient pollinator is the European honey bee.
Regrettably, in our time, the culture beekeeping has fallen on hard times. Not only do we find far fewer beekeepers in Kentucky than in past times, the honey bee itself is being assaulted by a variety of difficulties: Asian parasites like Varroa and tracheal mites; indiscriminate and excessive human use of pesticides and a general intolerance of the presence of these gentle and useful creatures; and finally, poor agricultural practices such as monocrop cultivation and the commercial use crops genetically engineered without regard to the bees' ability to pollinate them.
The Lincoln Trail Beekeepers Association exists to perpetuate the practice of beekeeping in our area, and to to make more fruitful in agriculture in our district, especially in a time when many Kentucky farmers, no longer able to depend on tobacco as a primary cash crop, are seeking to diversify their farming practices. We also want to pass on knowledge and craft of beekeeping to generations coming after us, for the continuing good health of Kentucky apiculture.
How to Get in Touch with Us
The Lincoln Trail Beekeepers Association meets ordinarily every third Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at :
St. Rose Church Parish Hall,
868 Loretto Rd (State Route 152), P.O. Box 71
Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky 40069.
Telephone at the Church is 859-336-3121.
New members are always welcome, as are members of the public would like to find more about keeping bees, the importance of apiculture, or have questions about these and beekeeping in general.
Our membership includes both professional and hobbyist beekeepers, as well as a number persons who are "just thinking" about getting into this wonderful and fascinating activity, which is so important for the healthful the rest of our agriculture.
Occasionally we have on-site field meetings in the bee-yards of one or another of our members. When that happens, We will try to post that on our activities page.