photo courtesy of President & CEO at Ridgewood YMCA Ramon Hache
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, the Bee Master in his element. Special visit by Frank Mortimer @franks.honey to inspect the hives at the Ridgewood YMCA .
Frank Mortimer is an adjunct instructor at the Cornell University Master Beekeeping Program, former Vice President of the New Jersey State Beekeepers Association, and a Certified Master Beekeeper. Frank is the author of Bee People and the Bugs They Love, has written multiple articles featured in Bee Culture Magazine, American Bee Journal, and has appeared on BBC 2 Radio.
As the former president of the Northeast NJ Beekeepers Association—a position he held for over a decade—he significantly grew his club’s membership and founded the “Honey Cup,” an annual honey tasting competition.
Frank has promoted beekeeping by speaking to everyone from school children to gardening clubs and civic organizations. He has led beekeeping seminars at The New York Botanical Garden, and he successfully campaigned for his hometown of Ridgewood to become New Jersey’s first “Bee City USA.” Frank is married, has three children, and beekeeping is something the whole family enjoys doing together.
The Cornell University Master Beekeeper Program is an advanced training program for beekeepers who have at least 3 years of beekeeping experience. The program is 15 months in duration and consists of four online classes and three in-person final exams at Cornell’s Dyce Lab for Honey Bee Studies.
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This guy has zero credibility. He’s a big fat bee lover, but he’s also a big supporter of artificial turf. He is squarely aligned with the folks who want to put the rubber rug down instead of having natural grass and foliage at SCHEDLER. And he squarely aligned with cutting down all those trees. Yeah Frank, you’re really a naturalist. Said no one ever.
NO THANK YOU
Just read the first comment and it is hard to reconcile how someone who would be a master beekeeper, animals that thrive on plants, not plastic, could even for one millionth of a second, advocate to cut down a natural eco rich environment and place a fossil fuel product, known to be a risk to children’s health, the ozone layer, jeopardizes climate control, has PFAS and other toxic chemicals, and the list keeps going. How can this BEE?
Sounds extremely hypocritical and agree with NO thank you. Keep your bees and opinion to yourself. Either you align with nature or you don’t. BUT can’t trust a phony
Isnt this guy running for council? hes just as bad as the majority. Hes in with this bad bunch. sorry doesn;t have my vote.