FREE • BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA

Begin your coastal beekeeping journey.

The Tidewaters/Daufuskie Beginner Beekeepers Course

Learn sustainable beekeeping and help grow a coastal bee-products cottage industry.

January 21–23, 2027 · 8:00 am–4:00 pm daily

Registration required · Limited to 40 registrants

Three days of learning

Thursday–Saturday
January 21–23, 2027
8:00 am–4:00 pm each day

Meet us in Beaufort

Clemson Extension Office
18 John Galt Road
Beaufort, SC 29906

New and existing beekeepers

Build sustainable beekeeping practices and help establish a stronger coastal beekeeping community.

Free training. A stronger coastal community.

The South Carolina Beekeepers Association and Master Beekeeper Program are teaming up with Clemson Extension Service to offer in-depth training for new and existing beekeepers in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

The course supports sustainable beekeeping and lays the foundation for a bee-products cottage industry in and around Beaufort.

Registration & eligibility

Limited to 40 registrants. Registrations will be approved manually.

Preference will be given to people from Jasper, Hampton, Beaufort and Colleton counties to help establish a coastal beekeeping community.

Remaining spaces will be filled first come, first served after December 15, 2026.

Supported through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program

This project was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, under Award Number P1601SCBGP25-09

Course partners
South Carolina Beekeepers Association · Master Beekeeper Program · Clemson Cooperative Extension · South Carolina Department of Agriculture

Questions about the course?

Contact David MacFawn at dmacfawn@aol.com.