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Olivia Menard

 

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First name
Olivia
Last name
Menard
Biography
Olivia Menard is a UGA Master Beekeeper in Lawrenceville, GA. An Aerospace Engineer by trade, Olivia began keeping bees to practice mindfulness. Bees have since become an integral part of Olivia’s path toward learning about where our food comes from and looking for ways to make her food more local and sustainable.

Olivia shares her passion with adults and children by speaking and creating content for summer camps and lesson plans for all ages related to pollinators that involve a variety of different topics, including Ecology, Engineering, Food Science, Biology, Literature, Art, and Sustainability that feature both classroom instruction and hands on workshops. Olivia advises on several different Georgia CTAE, TSA, and 4H boards and projects, and judges at state level events for students including GSPE Math Counts and TSA Leadership Competitions.

In addition to her own hives, Olivia has consulted and led the establishment of native bee habitat and honeybee apiaries at public and private institutions around Northeast Georgia. Most notably, the Hurricane Hives club and honeybee program at Monroe Area High School that brought a teaching apiary to campus and included a year long class attended by 16 students, an internship program with 2 interns each year, and a beekeeping / environmental club with field trips to Stone Mountain to see the variety of bees working the renowned yellow daisies there.

Olivia is a Regional Director with the Georgia Beekeepers Association where she serves on the Legislative Committee. She is a member of Beekeepers Club of Gwinnett, and Eastern Piedmont Beekeepers Association in Athens-Clarke County.

Olivia shares the lessons she's learned through her time with bees and airplanes with others through consulting, writing, speaking, mentoring, and educational program development.
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Products and Services offered by Members
  • Bees- Nucs or Packages
  • Body Beauty Products
  • Honey
  • Pollination
  • Queens
  • Speaker & Presenters
  • Swarm Collection
Contact Number
770-313-2829
Company Name
Brookfield Apiaries
City - State
Lawrenceville, GA
Speaking Topics
Lectures for beekeepers:
A Year in the Apiary (for beekeepers with less than 5 years experience)
Another Year in the Apiary (for 5 yr+ beekeepers)

Lectures for prospective beekeepers & the pollinator curious:
The Economic Impact of Pollinators (Why the Great South Eastern Pollinator Census is Important)
Introduction to Beekeeping
A History of Beekeeping
Some Biology of Honey Hoarding
How Did They Figure That Out? (featuring Lesser Known Scientists Who Discovered Some Things we Take as Common Knowledge Today)
Native Bees in Georgia
Attracting Mason Bees to Your Garden
Successfully Overwintering Mason Bees in Georgia

Summer Camps and Workshops for all ages (can be tailored for kids or adults or a mix):
Spring Mason Bee Workshop (Building Native Bee Houses)
How to Overwinter Mason Bee Cocoons
Exploring Georgia's Different Ecoregions Through our Honeys (includes honey tasting)
Preparing for the Great South Eastern Pollinator Census
Where the Wild Bees Are (Finding Honeybees in the Wild!)
Host a Build Your Own Beauty Bar: Honey Scrubs for Exfoliating

Workshops for Adults:
Host a Honey Tasting
Host a Mead/Microbrew/Wine Tasting
Awards & Certifications
  • Certified Beekeeper
  • Journeyman Beekeeper
  • Master Beekeeper
 

GBA Information

Current GBA Officer
  • Director - Metro Atlanta Post 1
Officer Election Term
2023-2024

Georgia Beekeepers Association

 is a 501(c)5 non-profit organization


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