The first of our bees were installed in 2016 in three locations at the Farley Center by Patrick Norby and Dan Hedctke. The goals were to provide pollination for the crops grown at the Farley Center, to educate Farley Center visitors regarding honeybees and to provide a habitat for honeybees to thrive.
Farley Center Beekeeper Pilot Program
The Farley Center’s Beekeeper Incubator Pilot Program was launched in 2017 and continues to grow. The program was designed to promote small-scale, sustainable beekeeping in Wisconsin by providing an environment and guidance to learn beekeeping. The Farley Center thanks Volunteer Beekeeper Patrick Norby for designing and implementing this program for the Center.
Head Beekeeper, Patrick Norby continued to lead the program in 2019 and was assisted by Beekeeper Matt Kersten.
2024 Beekeeper Info and Application–>2024 Beekeepers
Left to Right: Sarah Wisner, Stefanie Spilde, Katie Majerus, Dustin Kieler, Joseph Larkin, Krista Powers, Danna Diehl
We paused the program in 2021 because of COVID 19