Basic Beekeeping
New Beekeeper? Or have you been keeping bees for a few years and still having trouble? Consider taking classes. What you will learn in the Basic Beekeeping Course:
- Bee History
- State & Local Beekeeping Regulations
- Beekeeping Tools & Hives
- Bee Anatomy & Development
- Pests, Diseases, & Predators
- Supplemental Feeding
- Working the Hive
- The Colony Inspection
- Brood Comb Rotation
- Queen Management
- Colony Dynamics & Bee Seasons
- Preparing Your Bees for Winter
- Introduction to Natural Beekeeping
Advanced Beekeeping
Have you taken the basic beekeeping course? Or have you been keeping bees for a few years and ready to advance your skills? Consider taking the advanced classe. What you will learn in the Advanced Beekeeping Course:
- Sustaining your Apiary
- Expanding your Apiary (Swarms, Splits, Etc.)
- Colony Health & Diagnostics
- Nosema Ceranae Testing
- Advanced Varroa Mite Management
- Honeybee Species & Genetics
- Advanced Bee Anatomy
- Honeybee Reproduction & the AHB Effect
- Fundamentals of Queen Rearing
- Overwintering Success
- Moving Hives Safely
- Hive Products: Honey Harvest, Wax, Propolis, Pollen
Upcoming Course Dates:
Fall 2026 Basic Beekeeping: CANCELLED
Monday - Friday 6pm-9pm, August 24-28th, 2026
Fall 2026 Advanced Beekeeping:
Monday - Thursday 6pm-9pm, October 19-22nd, 2026
Apiary Day October 24 from 1-3pm
2027 Courses:
Spring 2027 Basic Beekeeping:
Saturday - Sunday 9am-5pm, March 6-7th, 2027
Spring 2027 Advanced Beekeeping:
Saturday - Sunday 9pm-4pm, April 24-25th, 2027
Apiary Day for both Spring Basic & Advanced: May 1
Summer 2027 Basic Beekeeping:
Saturday - Sunday 9am-5pm, July 17-18th, 2027
Apiary Evening July 17th at 5:30pm.
Fall 2027 Basic Beekeeping:
Saturday - Sunday 9am-5pm, September 25-26th, 2027
Apiary Evening September 25th at 5:30pm
Fall 2027 Advanced Beekeeping:
Saturday - Sunday 9am-4pm, October 23-24th, 2027
Apiary Evening October 23rd at 4:30pm
*each course requires a minium of 6 students to run the course and can have a maxium of 16 students.
*due to a number of requests from people traveling from further away, we are adjusting the courses for 2027 to weekend courses.