Backyard Beekeeping

Beekeeper, gardener and artist Linda McKittrick discusses the importance of bees, the tools of the trade and how to start and keep a hive, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, June 27, at Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive; and from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, June 29, at the Valencia Library, 202 W. Valencia Road; free.