Our classes are focused on urban beekeeping. Beginning with building hives and finishing with installing your own bees and queen.
Classes are open to anyone 18 years and older. Please wear a long sleeved white shirt and pants. If you have a garden hat please bring it as we will be out in the sun for a portion of the class. Please feel free to bring a lunch. Class is limited to 12 participants at the Willow Glen location and 15 in the Aptos location. If you are unsure if you are allergic to bee stings, please contact the instructor at em3cacres@yahoo.com
Class Descriptions:
Hive Building and Installing Bees, Workshop – $100.00
Our Hive Building Workshop is a truly exciting, completely hands on experience. This class focuses on setting up and installing a new hive of bees. This class is scheduled to accompany the arrival of our queen bee replacements and initial hive populating. Participants get comfortable handling the bees and finding queens at this class. All participants will take part in the installation of live bees and their queen. This class is only offered once a year in the spring. We encourage you to bring your own hive and purchase bees through our supplier, so you can take home a fully set up functioning hive.
| Sunday, April 15, 2012 | Willow Glen |
Pollinators in Your Garden- $25.00
Interested in attracting pollinators? This class will cover the basics for attracting honey bees, solitary bees and butterflies to your landscape or garden. Attracting these beneficial insects will increase your garden production and the beauty of your backyard. Make your own solitary bee house: In this class, we will also make a solitary bee residence to take home along with a list of plants (including California natives, fruit trees, perennials) and the pollinators that are attracted to them. This class will be at our Aptos location and will run from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Please bring a snack to eat and water to drink. Honey will be available on site.
| Sunday, April 29, 2012 | Aptos |
Introduction to Beekeeping at Love Apple Farms – $55.00
Learn the basics of urban beekeeping. Beekeeping can be done just about anywhere, even in your own backyard. Want to increase your fruit tree production? Produce your own honey? This class covers the essential knowledge for setting up a hive and getting the bees healthy and productive in the first year. We cover the basic hive and it’s components, tools, safety practices, and handling the bees with confidence. This class includes opening and inspecting a working healthy hive. This class is taught exclusively at Love Apple Farms in Scotts Valley, CA during the growing season.
Next class: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Register directly at http://www.growbetterveggies.com/growbetterveggies/2011/08/class-natural-beekeeping.html
Advanced Beekeeping – $75.00
Is there some honey you can harvest for yourself? This class discusses the activities of the hive in the fall and winter months. Included is an extracting demonstration and open hive inspection. Class covers how to make and apply winter feeds and treatments for a vigorous, prolific hive population in the spring. Join us at the Willow Glen location for this 3 hour class, 11:00am to 2:00pm.
| Sunday, September 23, 2012 | Willow Glen |
In addition to our group classes, we also offer individual/private beekeeping instruction.