Please join the Kentuckiana Beekeepers Association for a Field Day Historic Whitehall in Louisville, Kentucky 5/28/2025 6-8pm to discuss Beekeeping Basics: Equipment, Tools & Inspection with KY State Apiarist Amanda Skidmore. Remember, it’s outdoors and there will be live bees, so please dress accordingly and bring plenty of liquids. We’ll have just a few extra veils available for your convenience.

Open to the public and free with a $15 yearly KBA Membership. Click here to become a member kyanabees.com/join-the-kba

For more information about whitehall please visit www.historicwhitehall.org

Dr. Amanda Skidmore

Kentucky State Apiarist
PhD Entomology Kentucky University

Dr. Amanda Skidmore is the State Apiarist from Kentucky Department of Agriculture. After graduating with her PhD in Entomology from University of Kentucky, she spent time researching pollinators and beneficial insects in Indiana and working as an extension professor New Mexico. Her background is in integrated pest and pollinator management, where she has focused on developing common sense practice for homeowners and agriculture producers that mange insect pests and protect pollinators while reducing pesticide use. In her role as State Apiarist her focus is on keeping Kentucky honey bees healthy and working to promote beekeeping and support beekeepers across the state. She covers all 120 of Kentucky’s counties and works with beekeepers to perform certified health inspections, participates in collecting data for the National Honey Bee Health Survey, and speaks at local beekeeping association meetings.