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Laura Andersen has been keeping bees at Garfield Farm, La Fox, IL and the University of Illinois research fields, St. Charles, IL for the last 11 years. She conducts �Bee Talks� through out the Chicagoland area to varied groups such as garden clubs, book clubs, farmer�s markets and special events at Garfield Farm and local Forest Preserves. Her talks cover the composition of a bee hive, the various behaviors of bees, maintaining a hive in Northern Illinois, diseases that affect bees, what is honey and its properties, some history of beekeeping, rules and regulations concerning bees and beekeeping, how non-beekeepers can encourage and help to increase the populations of honey bees in North America.
She has Master Gardener certifications for Florida and Illinois, and many interests and hobbies. Laura is a hunter (bow, rifle, shotgun), a certified NRA shooting instructor, Illinois Hunter Safety instructor and she also teaches cooking at Country Garden Cuisine cooking school located Campton Hills. She resides with her husband, Chris and their two sons, Peter and Matthew in Campton Hills where she serves on the Village board as a Trustee. In her free time she enjoys traveling, knitting, reading, fly fishing and camping.
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