Beekeeping Class 2022 

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​Bob and Oscar have recruited students for the 2022 year so we are running the class face to face!!  Although we are all vaccinated we respectfully request that all students signing up also be vaccinated too and we will be wearing masks.  
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This year we are partnering with the Holmen Area Community Center.  Click on the Register button and you will be linked to register with HACC.  Save your seat!!
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This course is support for your first year as a beekeeper. 

Seven sessions from February to September, walking you through what to buy to get started as a beekeeper and how to nurture the bees through their first working season to trying to keep them alive through the winter. 

This class is taught by two award winning retired professional instructors with over 100 years of combined beekeeping experience.
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The cost is $115/person if you are a HACC member and $125.00 if you are not (~$7/hour).  

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1st Class:  Indoor           
​Saturday February 5, 2022     
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
​Holmen Area Community Center 600N Holmen Dr.

​Vocabulary of Beekeeping Supplies, cost, and where to purchase​

2nd Class:  Indoor           
​Saturday February 19, 2022     
​9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
​Holmen Area Community Center 600N Holmen Dr.​

​History of beekeeping, description of bees and their life cycle, construction of equipment,professional beekeeping organizations

3nd Class:  Indoor           
​Saturday March 5, 2022      
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
​Holmen Area Community Center 600N Holmen Dr.​​

Ordering packages of bees, spring feeding and medication, demonstration of hiving packages, queen marking, and capturing swarms

4th Class:  Outdoor           
​Date/Time:  TBD (April 14 - 21)
​Location:  TBD ​​

Hiving the bees (introducing them to the hive)

5th Class:  Outdoor           
​Date/Time:  TBD (June 2nd)
​Location:  TBD ​​

Visit an apiary, look for queen and drones, larvae, pupa, and adult workers (checking for health of hive).  Mark the queen

6th Class:  Outdoor           
​Date/Time:  TBD (August 18th)
​Location:  TBD ​​​

​Methods of removing supers from hives (where the honey is), and extracting methods.

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              7th Class:  Outdoor           
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              Date/Time:  TBD (September 8)
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              Location:  TBD ​​​

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•                    Discuss fall feeding, medication and winterizing the hive

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