MAY 2024 Beginner Beekeeping Class
Hosted by: CHARLESTON COMMUNITY BEE GARDENS
DORCHESTER COUNTY CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
DATES: Saturday May 25th and Sunday May 26th, 2024
LOCATION: Dorchester County Career and Technology Center, 507 Schoolhouse Rd.,Dorchester, SC 29437
TIMES: 9am – 5pm each day
COST: $85 per student – The cost includes annual membership to a local association thru 2024.
INSTRUCTORS: Local Certified and Journeyman Beekeepers
INCLUDES: Text (BEECABULARY), handout materials, and membership in a Local Beekeepers association thru 2024.
THE CLASS TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:
- Basic equipment, selecting an apiary site, equipment sources
- All about the honeybee (bee biology, races of bees, bee history)
- Diseases and Pests (treatments, pesticides, IPM)
- Building hive equipment & lighting a smoker
- Working with Honeybees (starting a bee hive, installing a package/nuc, swarms and swarm
control) - Honeybee habits (things they collect, nectar & pollen sources, products of the honeybee,
honey packaging and labeling) - Seasonal hive management
- Field day at a local apiary with hands-on instruction
CLICK HERE to Register Online
CLICK HERE for Mail In Registration Form