Beekeeping Classes

Beginning Beekeeper Classes 2013

6:30-9:00pm

COST: $0 - Yes it is free!

The course will be held on the following dates in 2013:

- Tuesday January 8th

- Tuesday January 22nd

- Tuesday February 5th

- Tuesday February 19th

- Tuesday March 5th

All classes are held at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Building, 480 North Main

Street, Canandaigua, NY, and will start as close to 6:30pm as possible and runs to 8:30pm or later.

Gene Voss and Wayne Mosher will be the lead teachers for the course with others doing some of the specialized presentations. The following is the general outline that will be followed:

Class #1 Introduction, Queen Bee and Nomenclature (January 8, 2013)

· Nomenclature and terms used in Beekeeping

· The Life of a Queen Bee

· Equipment: Woodenware; Frames; Foundation; Smoker

· Protective Clothing

· Nucs

· Mentors

Class#2 Equipment and Life Cycle of the Honeybee Worker (January 22, 2013)

· Life Cycle of the Honeybee Worker

· How to assemble/paint Equipment

· Potential Ordering of equipment

· Questions and Answers

Class#3 Setting up an Apiary (February 5, 2013)

· Placement considerations for Urban and Rural locations

· What Bees need

· Potential Ordering of equipment

· Questions/Answers on assembling equipment

Class#4 Pests and Diseases of Honey Bees (February 19, 2013)

· Diseases and Treatments

· Pests and prevention

· Products of the hive

Class#5 Safety, Extractions, Swarms (March 5, 2013)

· How not to get stung & what to do if you get stung

· Allergy and Anaphylactic shock

· Free Bees

· How to pack and light a smoker

· Questions and Mentor introduction

· Graduation

Ontario-Finger Lakes Beekeepers Association