The Central Valley Beekeepers Association announces its annual Introductory Beekeeping Class.

The Introduction to Beekeeping class provides an in depth overview of beekeeping practices. The class will be held on Saturday, March 8th, 2025 from 9 AM to 4 PM.

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:

To help get you started with you new bees, we also have a limited number of new assembled 10-frame Langstroth beehives available for purchase when you register for the class.  See below for more information.

To help get you started with you new bees, we also have a limited number of new assembled 10-frame Langstroth beehives available for purchase when you register for the class.  See below for more information.

To help get you started with you new bees, we also have a limited number of new assembled 10-frame Langstroth beehives available for purchase when you register for the class.  See below for more information.

• • 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

To help get you started with you new bees, we also have a limited number of new assembled 10-frame Langstroth beehives available for purchase when you register for the class.  See below for more information.