Introductory Beekeeping Course Outline
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Curriculum: Introductory Beekeeping Course
Introduction to beekeeping
Beehive lingo. What is it?
Identification of Bees
How to handle your Nuc and installing frames of bees
Feeding your bees
What to expect your first year with bees.
Diseases and how to control them
Nutrition for your honey bees
How to make honey
Flowers they love and how to help your bees prosper
Controlling the urge to swarm
What do bees produce
How to harvest their hard work
How to relax around bees
How to harvest your first honey crop
Feeding your bees for winter
Fall treatments, give them every chance to survive a Canadian winter.
Wrapping hives, keep the mice out.
Field Day with the Bees
Starting your smoker for the first time
What fuels to use
Hive tools, how to use them
Use a bee brush
Opening your hive up to inspect
Up close identification
Finding the queen
Identifying Bees, Brood, Honey and Pollen in the hive
And much more
Please call with any questions you may have. I’m here to help
You achieve your beekeeping goals.