12.04.2024 Community Southold recreation programs help beat the winter doldrums The days are shorter, the nights are darker and there’s finally a chill in the air. The Southold Town Recreation Department offers a variety of affordable winter programs to...
02.17.2023 Environment Behind the East End’s beekeeping boom Christopher Kelly is taking the sting out of beekeeping. Mr. Kelly, a master beekeeper, held an introductory beekeeping seminar at Riverhead’s Talmage Farm Agway last Thursday for about 20...
09.04.2017 Outdoors Cold, wet spring hurt season’s honey yield across North Fork The wet, cold spring has led to less honey this season on the North Fork. All bees, not just honeybees, need flowers for food, and Long Island is increasingly...
05.04.2013 Community VIDEO: Beekeeping on the North Fork Master beekeeper Chris Kelly of The Plantage in Mattituck has been teaching aspiring beekeepers the dos and don’ts of caring for bees for 10 years. And with over 40...