Kimberly Carpenter

Secretary, Ontario Finger Lakes Beekeepers Association

Kimberly is a second generation beekeeper who is following in the footsteps of her grandmother in her love for beekeeping and the natural world. With her husband Ben, she is the current owner of their two companies; Hungry Bear Farms & Ross Rounds. With a focus on education, Kimberly has traveled and participated in numerous training workshops from Queen Rearing at Penn State University to pests & diseases workshops and has helped bring beekeeping education back to her local club in New York. She aides in running and operating their businesses but her primary function is head of the beekeeping division of Hungry Bear Farms. She focuses on managing their honey bee colonies for queen rearing & nuc production and sales, honey production and crop pollination, as well as managing their new migratory operation in Florida. Kimberly holds many beekeeping classes in and out of the apiary every year to help educate beekeepers on many topics including colony health, sustainable beekeeping practices, the importance of genetics for improving stock, and diagnosing & managing pests and diseases. She teaches several full day beginner beekeeping classes for their farm as well as helps teach at her local clubs class. She is also a co-coordinator for the Geneva Bee Conference which brings education and well known speakers in the beekeeping industry to NY each March. Lastly, she helps with various schools and Board of Cooperative Educational Service programs in New York state to help with beekeeping education in the school system and the importance of our impact on the environment.