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Sunday 2-Part Series: How to Split Your Beehive

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Mar 5

Sunday 2-Part Series: How to Split Your Beehive

Go with the natural instinct of the bees in the spring to reproduce by splitting your hive!

By BioFuel Oasis Cooperative

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Date and time

Sunday, March 5 · 6 - 8pm PST

Location

Online

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Refunds up to 7 days before event
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About this event

This class is online via Zoom in 2 parts:

  • Sunday, March 5th, 6-8pm
  • Sunday, March 12th, 6-8pm

We will focus on two simple splits that make the most sense for backyard beekeepers: making a nuc and making a walk-away split. We will cover:

  • how to make an easy split & which months work best
  • how bees make new queens & the timeline of queen mating
  • what can go wrong and how to fix it
  • tips for learning how to see your queen, as it's easier to make a split if you know where she is
  • how to insert a queen cell into your split

As always this class focuses on what works in the SF Bay Area environment (an urban area with close neighbors and a mild, Mediterranean climate).

There are many benefits to splitting your hive in the spring (March-May):

  1. Swarm Prevention: Allows your bees to reproduce, but in a more controlled way than your bees swarming. Swarms often fly away and deplete your bees (not to mention anger your neighbors), whereas the splits you keep or give away.
  2. Redundancy: Gives you extra hives and queens in case one hive has problems.
  3. Mite Reduction: Some splits reduce mites greatly by causing broodless periods and can save you a mite treatment in May or June.

This class is for beginners who haven't made a split yet.  This class is also aimed at beekeepers who have split before and who need tips, tricks, and advice.

In-Person Making a Nuc Option: You have the option of coming to session where we make a nuc, tentatively scheduled for Sunday, March 26th, 11am-1pm. This will be an additional $30 and can be hosted at one of your hives.

Video and audio recordings will be sent after the class.

Instructor: Jennifer Radtke has been keeping bees in her backyard for 17+ years, and has developed the beekeeping education program at the BioFuel Oasis. She has a yearly bee mentorship program through her business Learn from the Bees. She keeps up with her bees’ growth in early spring and likes to split her hives every year around April 1st (& sometimes a second time at the end of May).

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  • Online Classes
  • Online Home & Lifestyle Classes
  • #bees
  • #beekeeping
  • #beekeeping_bees_honey
  • #beekeeping_class
  • #beekeeping_training
  • #beekeeping_workshop
  • #beekeepingcourse
  • #beekeeping_course
  • #beekeeping_honey_bee
  • #beekeepingworkshop

About the organizer

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BioFuel Oasis Cooperative

BioFuel Oasis is a worker-owned cooperative that is a biodiesel station and urban farm store.

We teach classes on urban farming, including beekeeping, backyard chickens, herbal medicine, mead-making, fermentation, and more. We believe in divesting from large corporate systems of food, agriculture, and energy, and strive to invest in local, sustainable practices of living by connecting local instructors to you and building self-sufficiency in our community.

Our store is located at 1441 Ashby Ave., in Berkeley, CA - stop by to chat with one of the worker owners, to fill up your diesel car with our recycled veggie oil biodiesel, or to pick up your urban farm supplies!

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