Our 2025 Beginning Beekeeping class, Saturday, March 8th, was a huge success.

If you are still interested in learning about beekeeping, we are compiling a waiting list for consideration of a second class later this Spring.

This all-day class provides in-depth information for beginning beekeepers, and includes a live demonstration, showing how to open and examine a hive.

Course Topics:

• • History & Importance of Bees
  • The Colony
  • Products of the Hive
  • • Honey, wax, pollen and propolis
  • Apiary Locations & Pollination
  • Beekeeping Equipment
  • Obtaining Bees
  • • Swarms, nucs, full colonies
  • Seasonal Management of Honey Bee Colonies
  • Pests, Predators, and Diseases
    • Nosema, Varroa and Tracheal mites, American Foulbrood, Chalkbrood, wax moth, ants
  • In-hive Demonstration
  • Harvesting Honey
  • Tips for Aspiring Beekeepers