Bee Schools
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You can learn how to keep honey bees, and enjoy harvesting your own honey and beeswax! Look below for a Bee School that is being run by a beekeeping club near you...
Barnstable County
More Details Below
Bristol County
Information about this school is available at the
Bristol
County Beekeepers Association web site.
Essex County
9 weeks, starting February 26, 2008 at the Topsfield Fairgrounds
More Details Below
Hampden County
Information about this school is available at the
Hampden
County Beekeepers Association web site.
Norfolk County
Information about this school is available at the
Norfolk
County Beekeepers Association web site.
Worcester County
Information about this school is available at the
Worcester
County Beekeepers Association web site.
Each year the Barnstable County Beekeepers Association (BCBA) offers Bee School specifically designed for beginning beekeepers. The course runs from early January to mid-May, progressing through the key points of a hive’s lifecycle. The sessions start in the winter when new beekeepers learn basic information about the bees themselves, the proper equipment they will need, and how to assemble their hives. As the season progresses, new beekeepers learn how to introduce bees to their new hives, how to monitor the progress of their bees, when to add new components to their hives, and so on to pest control, and, finally, harvesting the honey! The course is taught by senior members who are always willing to mentor the new beekeepers, and includes field trips to senior members’ hives.
Bee School tuition is $30 and includes a textbook, handouts, instruction, a mentoring program, and a one-year family membership (a $10 value) in the BCBA.
Additional info about this school is available at the Barnstable County Beekeepers Association web site.
Essex County Beekeepers' Association offers a nine week course for beginning beekeepers and others with an interest in bees. Practical Beekeeping is an introductory level course designed to provide students with no previous knowledge or experience with beekeeping the necessary information and skills to keep honeybees. The course includes instruction on bee biology, required equipment, setting up bee hives, acquiring and installing bees, managing bees through the seasons, harvesting honey and bees wax, local bee supply dealers, a workshop on building bee equipment, and culminates with one field session working with live honeybees.
Registration will begin at 6:30 pm the first night of class,Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Classes will be held on Tuesday evenings from Feb 26th through April 23rd in the Beekeeping Building at the Topsfield Fairgrounds, Route 1, Topsfield, MA.
Tuition payable the first night of class, will be $55.00 per person/family
(maximum 4 people/family - minimum age 12 years) and includes one textbook, supplemental
handouts, and refreshments. Class size is limited to the first 60 students. If you have
any special needs please notify ECBA in writing at the address below, no later than
January 1, 2008. For additional information please write to:
Essex County Beekeepers' Association
Attn. Bee School
P.O.Box 10
Topsfield, MA 01983-0010.
You may also email Dave Meldrum: David.Meldrum@verizon.net
Additional info about this school is available at the Essex County Beekeepers Association web site.