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LCBA's Beginning Beekeeping Classes

LCBA's next Beginning Beekeeping Course will be offered in January - February, 2025!

 

"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: 

Registration costs $125. ($40.00 of this is for an annual LCBA Membership) 


The remaining goes to Lewis County Beekeepers Association. Look for the Winter Centralia College Continuing Education pamplet to register.  


Questions? Email Noel Sharp: nsharp928@gmail.com


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.


Look for our class in the Winter Class Brochure from Centralia College!


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