Fundamentals of Beekeeping Class 2025

Join us June 21, 2025, 3:00-4:00 pm CST

This live online class is both an intro for beginners, and a resource for beekeepers who  want to brush up on their skills!  Followed by Q and A and an email chain for follow-up questions.

Topics we will cover include:

• Equipment and protective gear
  
• Strategies for your location and climate
• Honeybee sociology and the life cycle of bees
• How to use a smoker effectively
• Technique for working hives
• Colony build-up and honey production
• Hive health and organic mite treatments
• Queen health and re-queening
• Swarm prevention and what to do if they swarm
• How to harvest honey your first year
  
• Overwintering successfully

We will end with Q and A, and then answer any remaining questions by email within the next 24 hours to make sure your questions are all addressed!