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Susan Clair

Susan Clair, a top-bar hive beekeeper for six years, is coordinator of the New Mexico–based Certified Beekeeper Apprentice Program. She holds two master’s degrees: Community and Regional Planning, and Public Administration. She is a copy editor for Green Fire Times and leads self-developed “Eating for Your Health” workshops on whole foods, plant-based nutrition. Susan lives in Sandia Park, in New Mexico’s East Mountain Area.

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Certified Beekeepers Apprentice Program: A First in New Mexico

25. November 2014

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By Susan Clair

The Certified Beekeepers Apprentice Program, new in 2014, launched in May and ended in August. All 24 adult students successfully completed the seven all-day sessions of year one. The two-year program was developed with assistance from the New Mexico Beekeepers Association, the City of Albuquerque Open Space Division and Washington State Beekeepers Association and was held at the Open Space Visitor Center on Coors Blvd. NW, Albuquerque...

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How breast cancer helped me know who I am

24. March 2013

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By Susan Clair How breast cancer helped me know who I am

It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has. —Hippocrates, Greek physician, ca. 460 BCE–377 BCE

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