Come and learn the basics of Beekeeping, where to start and onward.
Art Riegal is Professor Emeritus of SUNY Sullivan and the owner-operator of Covered Bridge Honey LLC based in Livingston Manor.
Professor Riegal is also the founder of the first Apiary in New York State to be housed on a SUNY campus and gives demonstrations and classes to the community about beekeeping and the importance of honeybees and other pollinators in agriculture.
He and his wife Diane have lived in Livingston Manor for 40 years, raising three daughters. His wife often says that he has “replaced their three grown daughters with 300 thousand but at least they feed and clean themselves.”.