Abigail Keam, A&S alumna and award-winning author will be part of other authors and beekeeping experts giving short presentation. She will be giving a talk on what beekeeping means to her and also her award winning mystery series. Free and open to the public.

Location:

Mary Wood Memorial Library
1530 S Green St
Glasgow, KY 42141
(270) 651 2924
9:0a.m. - 2:00p.m.
Friday, January 27th, 2012

More about Abigail Keam:

Born and bred in Kentucky, Abigail graduated with Distinction from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Middle Eastern Civilization.  She then went into private business and kept bees as a hobby.

Retiring in 1999 after a life-threatening asthma attack, Abigail became a full-time beekeeper, launching Abigail's, making honey/beeswax-based natural products.  She sells at the Lexington Farmers' Market, which was voted 15th in the nation.

Ms. Keam has won sixteen honey awards at the Kentucky State Fair and was the first recipient of the Barbara Horn Award, given to those scoring a perfect 100 for a beekeeping-related entry at the Kentucky State Fair.  In 2004, Ms. Keam traveled to South Africa to study beekeeping in Africa.

Miss Abigail is a member of the Bluegrass Beekeepers Association, the Kentucky State Beekeepers Association, the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen, and the National Society of Arts and Letters.  She is a past board member of the Lexington Farmers' Market and Women in Agriculture boards.  Also past president of the Friends of the Lexington Farmers' Market, Lexington Rape Crisis Center, and the Lexington Art League.