Buddhism  and  Bees Monday  Feb 27 6pm-7pm  [Doors Open at 5pm]    Lecture Series #6:  Tony Lulek On  Buddhism & Bees   In the Mid 70s, before Tony's mother passed away, she researched their family name: Lulek; discovering it was really Austrian/Polish and that in Polish the name means Little Beehive. "Now mind you," says Tony, "when I got into beekeeping I didn't remember this at all. It wasn't until later that my wife Diane reminded me of the story I told her years ago. So it seems most appropriate to call our farm, 'Little Beehive Farm' in honor of our last name. Tony, Diane, Manya, Kalman, Anton, Ivan, Black Kitty, Gray Kitty, 10 New Hampshire Reds, 4 Broad-breasted Bronze Turkeys, and over a million bees comprise the farm. A pretty big family for such a small place. Though the kids are grown and coming and going these days, we have made our home more like a farm. Nestled in the midst of suburbia, you will find an oasis of a life that is full, busy, and above all bountiful." Join local beekeeper, educator and 'Little Bee Hive' farmer and Buddhist Tony Lulek as he shares his creative and spiritual journey as a backyard beekeeper and maker of luscious lotions, potions, lip balms and soaps.       2 pm-5 pm & 6 pm-9 pm sessions held every Tuesday  Homeschoolers Welcome!    Each class will cost $10/session, be based on a curriculum (soon to be uploaded to BeeUntoOthers.com), and will include open format discussion, ensuring that each session is of value to beginners of all levels, even if one can only attend occasionally. Choose between the afternoon (2pm-5pm) or evening (6pm-9pm) session.   Homeschoolers welcome! Topics to be covered will include: what bees are, what bees do, what bees need, the role of the beekeeper, beekeeping gear and essentials, building equipment, working the bees, maintaining healthy hives, honey production and more. The focus will be on beekeeping without medications and artificial feeds, but good beekeeping is good beekeeping, and no matter what your treatment philosophy is, you will learn about bees and beekeeping. Laurie and Dean have bees in the Fenway Victory Gardens (about 1000' from home plate!), and are expanding into an official teaching apiary at the Victory Gardens this spring. When the outdoor beekeeping season begins, there will be ample opportunity for students that don't have their own bees to get hands on experience.    Laurie and Dean have been keeping bees for 11 years, and are the authors of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping". They have been breeding bees in Massachusetts for 4 years, run an annual international conference on treatment-free beekeeping in Leominster, MA, and have spoken to state and local beekeeping groups in Arizona, Nebraska, Florida, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. They also run Golden Rule Honey, which supplies Follow the Honey with Kirk Webster's Vermont Honey and Dee Lusby's Arizona Rangeland Honey.