2nd Spring 2020 Beginning Beekeeping Course

A series of classes, to prepare you to be a Certified SC Beekeeper, on the following dates; February 27, and March 12, 19, 26, April 9, and 16, 2020 from 6:00-8:30

Cost: $50

What will I learn?

• Races of honey bees and terminology
• Anatomy, biology, and physiology of honeybees
• Types of hives, hive parts, and accessories
• Products of the Hive
• Why keep honeybees, agricultural dependence, and history of honeybees
• Startup cost and equipment needed
• Feeding, transporting & hive placement
• Why honeybees swarm and their management
• Disorders, parasites, and hive invaders
• How bees make it through the cold winter months & what we can do to help
• How to inspect a hive and honey harvesting
• Pollination and management of a hive throughout different seasons.
• When, where and how to buy bees

IF you wish to take the Certified Examination at the end of the course, it is an additional $10 paid to the South Carolina Beekeepers Association, at the time of the test. The test is NOT required to keep bees in SC.