Charleston Bee Gardens - Beekeeper Class

Charleston Community Bee Gardens is conducting a two-day SC Beekeepers Certified Level Beginner Beekeeping Course the weekend of October 29th & 30th, 2022 to be held at Dorchester County
Career and Technology Center, 507 Schoolhouse Rd., Dorchester, SC 29437. The
course will run from 9am-5pm and it will be taught by several local Certified,
Journeyman, and Master beekeepers. No prior beekeeping experience is
necessary.
The cost of the course is $75. The cost includes annual membership to a Local bee
Association thru 2023. The class topics will include:
· Basic equipment, selecting an apiary site, equipment supply sources
· All about the honeybee (bee biology, races of bees, bee history)
· Diseases and Pests (treatments, pesticides, pest management)
· Building hive equipment & lighting a smoker
· Working with Honeybees (starting a bee hive, installing a package/nuc,
swarms and swarm control)
· Honeybee habits (things they collect, nectar & pollen sources, products of
the honeybee, honey packaging and labeling)
· Field day at a local apiary with hands-on instruction (when weather permits)
· Assistance if you have no place for a hive
This will include two days of classroom instruction and an open hive session to be in
the next few weeks after the class. The classes for the last two years were full.

You can register and pay online on the link below. The class size will be
limited to the first 40 registered and paid students. If you are interested in
attending, please let us know by e-mail as soon as possible
at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jim Strohm, President
Tim Liptak, Director
Charleston Community Bee Gardens

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