Sources of help! Here's the current list of Members who are generously making their time available to new beekeepers needing a little help and guidance.
Bee Mentors	Phone and/or email	Coverage
Edward Lafferty and Celeste Nadworny	Home (401) 353-6644 Cell (401) 261-9641	North Smithfield to Warwick
Lou Chasse	(401) 295-0888	South County
Paul Whewell	paulwhewell@yahoo.com	Lincoln, Cumberland, Pawtucket
Nancy and Jeff Laurie	(401) 647-5966	Scituate, Cranston, Johnston
Dave Hemendinger	(401) 884-2737 Dhemendi@Lifespan.org	Cranston, Warwick, E.Greenwich, N. Kingstown. 8 Year beekeeper, 3 to 4 hives per year, gross almost 100lbs honey per hive/per year. Experience with non-building swarm capture, queen introduction, colony combining, mite control, wax moth control, design and build custom hive stands/woodenware
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban	(401) 467-2857	Cranston. I am a 3rd year novice beekeeper whose one hive has made it through two winters and I am adding another hive this year. I have benefited greatly by mentoring from RIBA members and would be happy to help--in my limited way-- with brand new beekeepers.
Jeff McGuire	Home (401) 789-1144 Cell (401) 741-7672	Washington, Kent, and Newport Counties
Jane Mackenzie Dennison	Home (401) 434-0989, work (401) 247-1644	Into my second season of apiary activity, but both hives made it through the winter. Happy to give moral support and help to anyone who is more lost that I am. My hives are in Rumford near the 10 Mile River Reservoir.
Chuck Wood	(401) 949-5826 cwood10065@aol.com	Beekeeper for over twenty years, looking to assist new beekeepers. Happy to help those in the northern part of RI.
John Moore	(401) 641-4656 john.j.moore@cox.net	Providence County