3 Monday Nights - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
PREREQUSITE: BEESENTATION
Three 2 hour courses will give you the classroom foundation to start beekeeping. From determining the type of hive, to placement, rules, installation, inspections, treatment, harvesting and overwintering, you will learn what to expect and how to deepen your new relationship with bees. Course includes Phil Chandler's Barefoot Beekeeping book and you are required to pass a test to receive the Beepod Certificate for Beekeeping.
Urban Ecology Center-Riverside
1500 E Park Place
Milwaukee, WI 53211
reservations 414-964-8505
www.urbanecologycenter.org
(members $140 - nonmembers $150)
November 1, 8, 15
Class 1 of 3 - Making the Right Choices
a) Defining your Objectives:
for the bees for the honey for pollination
for money for fun
b) Hive Structure Detailed
Whos in the Hive Queen Worker Drone
Brood Pattern and Lifecycle stages
Hive layout
Swarming
c) Setting up your Apiary
Hive Selection Langstroth Beepod/TBH Other
Neighbors and local ordinances
Flight Path/Site Selection
Lawncare /Access
d) What to expect
Requirements and Physical Time
Additional Costs and Considerations
Products from the Hive
e) Gearing Up
Hive
Tools
Ordering Bees
Equipment
Package Arrival and Care
