News has come through this morning (December 1) that natural beekeeper Marcia Meehan of Hamilton has passed away suddenly.
Update: A service for Marcia will be held on Monday, December 3 at noon at Hamilton Park Crematorium, 395 Morrinsville Road, Newstead, Waikato.
Marcia Meehan, urban beekeeper
Marcia, who has taken workshops all over the country, was so encouraged by the turnout at her recent talk about natural beekeeping at the Garden and Artfest that she decided to hold a workshop in Tauranga – that was to have been held tomorrow.
The hosts, Helen and Mike Crosby, don’t have a list of those who were to attend, and neither does Marcia’s daughter. Her daughter has been able to contact a few people who have left messages on Marcia’s cellphone, but knows she hasn’t been in touch with everyone.
Because people may be turning up anyway, Mike and Helen have arranged for Dennis Crowley, president of the local beekeepers’ association, to talk about top-bar hives and bee-keeping, from 9.30am for the morning, 98 Kulim Ave, Tauranga. It will be a drop-in sort of event and there are top-bar hives to see. Mike says that since he’s had his own bees his fruit trees have doubled their production.
To read more about natural beekeeping, visit Marcia’s website.
Our thoughts are with Marcia’s family. She will be a great loss to a great many people.
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