Sun, Mar 28
|Pound Ridge Organics
bee-ginner course : morning session - group-a
If you appreciate honeybees and their value to the environment and our food system - you won't want to miss this course. Participants gain enough knowledge and experience to start their own apiaries at home.
time & location
Mar 28, 2021, 10:00 AM – Oct 10, 2021, 12:00 PM
Pound Ridge Organics, 22 Westchester Ave, Pound Ridge, NY, USA
about the course
This seven session course is geared toward new beekeepers and people interested in keeping bees in the near future. It aims to teach new beekeepers basic skills. We will focus on basic equipment, sound beekeeping strategies, pest control, feeding, bee anatomy and development, troubleshooting, and honey extraction. We will also discuss honey bee communication and roles of bees within the hive. Participants will be instructed at an outdoor hive, weather permitting. Protective gear is required. Classes will to a large extent feature a hive inspection and address seasonal questions and concerns.
There will be two sections of Bee-Ginners. Group A will meet at 10 am. Group B will meet at 12:30 pm
All classes will be on Sundays unless otherwise announced.
This session will be at 10 am and will occur live on zoom (with a very special guest). The focus will be to demonstrate and discuss assembling equipment. Peopl…
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bee-ginner class : Group-A
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