This hands-on course will teach sustainable beekeeping practices and techniques that covers a year in the life of a honey bee:

• Beekeeping

• Honey Bee Biology

• The Workings and Components of a Hive

• Beekeeping Tools and Protective Gear

• Obtaining Bees

• Seasonal Hive Management, including making splits

• Bee Disease and Pest Management, and

• Honey Extraction