Beekeeping Class - Hive Problems - Common New Beekeeper Mistakes & How to A...
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Queen Bri's Honey Farm is proud to offer a 3-Hour class about Hive Problems! New beekeepers are often confused about what to do when their bees are not doing what they expected. Knowing HOW to fix the problem is frustrating, especially when you get 10 different ways to fix the problem from a Discussion Forum. Let us help clear up the confusion!
Pre-requisite: Students for this class must have one or more beehives that they own or manage currently. There will be no Basic Beekeeping taught in this class. This class is for current beekeepers having problems with their hives or who want to learn more about how to quickly identify whether something is a problem or not, and how to fix it.
We use a multi-faceted approach to learning because everyone learns differently. This class includes lecture, hands-on beekeeping equipment demonstrations, videos from our apiary that demonstrate hive management and inspection techniques as well as other useful demonstrations, and class handouts.
Price: $30 per person (must be a minimum age of 10 years old to attend)
Date: Saturday, June 23rd from 9am-Noon
Are you confused about whether or not your beehive has a problem? Think there might be a problem in your beehive, but you're confused by all the conflicting suggestions you're receiving from fellow beekeepers?
Examples of Hive Problems We Will Cover in This Class:
- Why your package or nuc isn't growing very fast or maybe even at all
- How to know if your hive is queenless and what to do about it
- Why your hive won't build out honeycomb properly (or much at all)
- Hives that keep making queen cells
- Swarming & absconding problems
- Pesticide issues near your apiary
- What to do about little to no eggs or larva present and/or spotty brood patterns even though you have a queen
- Where to buy queens when there are none available to buy in your area
- What to do with weak hives going into the dearth
- How to deal with honeybound hives (queen has no room to lay)
- How to deal with constant bearding of your hives (when half your hive is hanging on the outside of your hive)
- When honeybees won't move up into your honey super even though they are running out of room below
- What to do when you see wax moths inside your hives
- What you should be inspecting inside and outside your hive boxes
- How often you should be inspecting your hives in the Summer and what you'll probably see (that is different than Spring time)
This class will be helpful to first year beekeepers as well as for those with more experience who still are not comfortable with what they are seeing inside their hive boxes, and would really like to get more comfortable with what it is they should be doing as a beekeeper during the Summer months.
