2013-03-30

Education: Two Options

• Beginning Beekeeping Short Course (6 day event, beginning February Dates: TBD)

• Seminar - One Day Event (October  12, 2013)

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The Beekeeping Short Course

Date: Starting February TBD, 2014; 5 Classroom and one field day

( Date: TBD )

Time: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Topics include:

• Honey bee biology
• Beekeeping laws in Howard County
• Obtaining and installing bees
• Getting and setting up your beekeeping equipment
• Inspecting your bees
• Bee diseases
• Products of the hive

The first day of Beginning Beekeeping Short Course will begin (TBD), weather permitting.  Classes will be held on 5 consecutive Tuesday evenings from 7:00 PM until approximately 9:30 PM at the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, MD. A field day, where the students will experience a hive inspection and installing a package of honey bees, will be scheduled when weather permits - usually in April.

The Seminar - One Day Event

Please check back regularly. If you would like us to send you an email, reminding you of the Short Course or the Seminar, please provide us your contact information by filling out this email form with your name, address, phone number, and email. (Registration form will be published when available.)

The One-Day Beekeeping Seminar will be held October 12, 2013. the class begins at 10:00 and runs until 4:00 with "Break-out" sessions for those who want to "brown-bag".

(Note: We will remind you of the event)

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