We are happy to announce our Summer 2013 beekeeping schedule!

Introductory Beekeeping
Friday through Sunday, July 12-14
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Course Number: APR 101 002
Tuition: $170

Learn to build an apiary and harvest honey. Designed for hobbyists, beginning beekeepers or for professionals needing a refresher, this course will include honey bee biology and behavior, apiary equipment and supplies, and management practices for each season.

Intermediate Level Beekeeping: Spring Management
Saturdays, April 13 and 20, and May 4
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Course Number: APR 105 002
Tuition: $160

Take your beekeeping to a new level! Topics covered include: techniques to prevent or control queen failure and swarming, requeening and spring splits, disease and pest detection and control, comb honey production, and supering for liquid honey production. Designed for those who kept bees for at least one year, this course will feature lectures and hands-on practice of these techniques.

Queen Rearing
Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Course Number: APR 110 002
Tuition: $150

The benefits of raising your own queen include: queens adapted to your environment, avoiding southern queens that may have mated with Africanized drones, and establishing your own nucs. Designed for the experienced beekeeper, this course will include the basics of queen rearing, the practice of grafting larvae and the Cloake board method of queen rearing which is ideal for raising a few queens. You will have the option of taking your queen cells home.

All classes taught by Vincent Aloyo, Ph.D, Master Beekeeper. All courses are held on the DelVal campus.

Equipment needs for all three courses: Bee veil, three-ring loose leaf binder, magnifying goggles are helpful, if you have them. Please note: Gloves are not allowed in the apiary.

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