Beekeeping is burgeoning in CT. Here’s why so many people are flocking to the science and honey.

There’s quite a buzz across the state with beekeepers, or apiarists, as they like to be called, watching over what they say are continually fascinating honeybees. And according to the president of the Connecticut Beekeepers Association , the hobby is drawing in people of all ages. “Younger people are coming on board and are interested in beekeeping,” said Bill Hesbach of Cheshire.

“There’s lots of young volunteers that come to the yard and help me. ..

. Cheshire has open space which is designated ..

. for agricultural sponsorship. And of course, beekeeping is agriculture, so they’ve allowed me a nice plot of land up there where I can put in a teaching yard for the Connecticut Beekeepers Association.

“When I started the room was filled with gray-haired guys,” he said. “But that has changed completely. The complexion of it has changed.

” While Hesbach is 74, he said, “In the last two years. I built the following for the Connecticut Beekeepers Association up to 670 members. Of those, I seem to be attracting young people and women beekeepers.

And also, I have a YouTube channel, which people are watching. So no, I don’t think it’s an age thing, especially. I don’t feel it.

” “The whole thing about beekeeping is, it’s a combination of science, but what I’m finding out more and more, an art, trying to figure out what they’re trying to tell you they want you to do,” said Bill Riecker of Orange. “And that’s part of the fun. So it’s a science a.