LCBA's Beginning Beekeeping Classes
This Beginning Beekeeping course runs six consecutive Saturdays beginning in January at Centralia College. Register with Centralia College when Winter Registration opens.
Email board@lewiscountybeekeepers.org with questions!
"Your First Year of Beekeeping"
This course is for the person who is thinking about getting started in keeping honey bees as a hobby. It offers the opportunity to decide if beekeeping is something that a person wants to do and provides basic information on how to maintain a colony successfully the first year.
Topics: basic bee biology/behavior, equipment & apiary set-up, seasonal management, identifying & managing parasites & diseases, honey harvesting, over-wintering, & more. Students completing the course earn LCBA’s diploma.
Course Instructors: LCBA members with many years of beekeeping experience:
Post-Course Support:
LCBA’s free Mentor Workshops give hands-on guidance in working bees. Students who join LCBA are eligible for discounts on spring package / nuc bee orders & free consultations with an individual “bee mentor.”
How to Register:
Look for the Winter Centralia College Continuing Education pamplet to register or visit the College Website.
Ready to start learning now?
To read about bees & beekeeping, click here for "Beekeeping Basics," a valuable guide by the Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research & Extension Consortium (MAAREC).
Arena Flowers' "Ultimate Guide to Beekeeping" gives a helpful overview of beekeeping history, how to prepare to keep bees, & some management basics.
