has been a beekeeper for over 45 years. He developed his interest

while helping his grandfather remove a swarm from a neighborhood tree.  Les has kept his bees without antibiotics,miticides or other chemical inputs for much of this time.    

Working with Les is an experience in learning to love and respect honeybees and the way of nature.  Students will come away from his classes with a strong ethical commitment to being caretakers and good stewards of the honeybee, a super-organism the world depends upon.