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Open Apiary: Ask the Beekeepers!
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Meet behind Wave Hill House
In late summer, Wave Hill’s beehives are packed with around 50,000 honeybees and they are all, unsurprisingly, as busy as bees! View the comings and goings, at a respectful distance, while beekeepers Mufti Ahmed and Junior Schouten explain exactly what is happening inside. Questions welcomed! Rain cancels. Appropriate for adults and children ages eight and up with an adult companion. This event also takes place at 2PM. Bees, Butterflies & Blooms Weekend event.
Registration is not required. Bees, Butterflies & Blooms Weekend is a premium-admission weekend, with a $2 surcharge per visitor; there is no admission charge for children under six.
Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call 718.549.3200 x251.
The beehives are located on a grassy lawn with no shade on sunny days. There is no paved path to this location. Participants must navigate stairs and/or a grassy slope. Limited seating is available.
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Mufti Ahmed
Mufti Ahmed
Mufti Ahmed is an urban beekeeper who maintains hives at the Brunswick Community Garden in Jersey City. There he spreads honeybee awareness to the local community. His interests include the sustainable impact of honeybees, pollination, education, research and honeybee conservation.
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Junior Schouten
Junior Schouten
Junior Schouten is a beekeeper and the owner of Big Apple Edibles, Inc., a landscaping business specializing in food-producing designs and installations. With a background in environmental biology and over 15 years of experience working in horticulture and urban agriculture, Junior's aim is to bring hyper-locally grown food and sustainable ornamental gardens to the yards and balconies of New York City.
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