Product Overview
Nine sessions, class size limited.
Dates subject to change, but here’s the plan:
March 16: Introduction to Beekeeping, Equipment and Preparation, Safety
April 6 & April 23: Honey Bee Installation, Live Demo of installation demo during delivery
April 13: Honey Bee Anatomy & Life cycle, Reasons for Queen Cells. First Inspection.
May 4: Colony health & Build-up, Recordkeeping. Hive Inspection.
May 25: Nectar Flow, Swarm Season, Queen-Rearing. Hive Inspection, Queen-Rearing(?)
June 22: Bee Hive Manipulations, What to do about Mean Bees. Hive Inspection.
July 13: Honey Bee Diseases, the Varroa Mite. Hive Inspection, Splitting a Hive.
August 24: Nutrition, More on the Varroa Mite, Fall Preparation. Hive Inspection.
September 14: Winter Preparation, Review and Bee Graduation. Hive Inspection.
Classes will take place at Bee-Commerce located at 160A Sugar Street, Newtown, CT starting at 2pm and will run about 2 hours.
First, we’ll discuss the month’s topic, then we will venture out to the Bee Yard to do a hands on hive inspection.
All students will receive hands on experience and handouts to take home.
