September 14, 2022
A buzz in St. Peters
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The Three Rivers Beekeepers is located in St. Peters at the University of Missouri Extension office. For more information, threeriversbeekeepers.com.
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The St. Peters’ Three Rivers Beekeepers club educates the region about bees and the challenging, but rewarding, hobby of beekeeping By Brett Auten There is a buzz around town. Stashed in St. Peters, the Three Rivers Beekeepers’ club provides fresh and creative educational programs geared around bees and what they produce. The beekeeping club has nearly 400 individual beekeepers and honey bee enthusiasts and meetings are held the third Monday of each month at the University of Missouri Extension located at 260 Brown Road in St. Peters.
There are about 50 bee-related clubs in the state, which is quite a jump from six in 2006. Eugene Makovec is not only the president of Three Rivers Beekeepers but also a third generation beekeeper and editor of the American Bee Journal magazine. “It is a challenging hobby,” Makovec said. “The bees take a lot of work and a lot of attention to keep alive. It’s not something that you just jump right in to. Unfortunately, a lot of people do without training. It’s a bit like jumping off a high dive and saying,
‘I will learn how to swim when I hit the water.’” Media coverage has helped shine a light on bees and beekeeping. “For a few years it seemed like there was wall-to-wall coverage,” Makovec said. “People who had never given it a second thought before now have an appreciation and are thinking more about it.” Tim Fredricks is a current board member and a former president. He has his own honey-based business, T Jacks, where his See ‘BUZZ’ page 2
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