This series includes queen rearing and colony increase workshops.
It consists of classroom sessions, demonstrations, hands-on lessons in the bee yard, homework assignment, and quiz. Participants are required to have completed a short course and have at least one year of experience in maintaining colonies.
Three Workshop Options
(offline payment options available at checkout)
$ 65*
Colony Increase
Three Days
May 9, 16, 23
· Cost of enrollment includes lecture and hands-on instruction
$ 115*
Queen Rearing
Five Days
June 6, 13, 14, 20, 27
Cost of enrollment includes, lectures, instruction, and textbook as well as two queen cells
$ 150*
Queen Rearing + Colony Increase
All Seven Days
May 9, 16, 23
June 6, 13, 14, 20, 27
· Cost of enrollment includes, lectures, instruction, and textbook as well as two queen cells
Queen Rearing Workshop 203
Dates & Times: Saturday:
June 6 2:pm - 4:30pm
June 13 10:am - 2:30pm
Sunday
June 14_12:30 - 2:30pm
Sadurday:
June 20 10: am - 2:30
June 27 10:am - 12:30pm
Hours: 16
Location: 1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington DC
Prerequisite: short course or equivalent and one year of experience
Type: Hands-on & Classroom
Course Description:
The Queen Rearing Workshop runs for the first week on Saturday, the following weekend for two consecutive days and then the third week is on the following Saturday. Participants must attend all class sessions to be eligible for the certificate of completion. In addition to in class time participants will be expected to complete a comprehensive final quiz.
- Textbook included
- Participants in the queen rearing workshop will get to take two queen cells home.
Topics:
- Honey bee genetics
- Hive evaluations for selecting breeders and record keeping
- Equipment and instructions for starting queen rearing
- Setting up starters and finisher
- Evaluating for success
- Grafting
- Care of cells and queens
- Setting up Mating Colonies
- Catching and Marking Queens
Colony Increase Workshop 204
Days: Wednesday
Dates: May 9, 16, 23
Time: 1:30 pm - 4:30pm
Hours: 9
Location: 1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington DC
Prerequisite: short course or equivalent and one year of experience
Type: Hands-on & Classroom
Description:
The Colony Increase Workshop can be taken separately or as an add on to the Queen Rearing Workshop. It consists of three days for three hours each day. The add-on is designed for those who want to take queen rearing to more seriously and improve their skills and knowledge with colony increase methods and techniques. The workshop will consist of classroom instruction, hands-on activity, and a final evaluative quiz.
Topics:
- The right time to make splits and nucs
- Assessing a colony for increase potential
- What's in a nuc
- Queen introduction techniques
- Walk-away splits
- Swarms
- Caring for new colonies
- Evaluating for success
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