"Beginners' Beekeeping Full Weekend" workshop

This Full Weekend: Beekeeping for Beginners may be purchased by registering below.

Whether you are an Absolute BEEginner looking to get started, a Novice Beekeeper looking for a refresher or an Experienced Apiarist learning about the latest techniques, you will enjoy this 2 day immersion into beekeeping!

Join our BeeMasters and explore the world of the Honeybee, and learn everything you need to start a beekeeping hobby or extract your own honey or even expand to 10+ hives! Custom Textbook included with registration (or Beekeeping in Western Canada, if available).

* All registrants will receive 10% off purchases made on the day of the workshop

This 2 day class takes place over a weekend and will help any novice beekeeper become better and more confident. We have also structured this workshop to encourage individuals or families to increase their apiary size or honey production.

Topics definitely covered:
- Hive components and improving your equipment
- Specialized hive management
- Seasonal tasks
- Splitting a hive
- Re-queening a hive
- Feeding your bees
- Bee sting remedies
- Native bees & other pollinators
- Honeybees: further understanding the life cycle
- Attracting and catching Swarms 
- Harvesting honey, wax and other hive products
- Bee health and diagnosing problem hives
- Preventing and medicating for pests & diseases
- Moving hives and using beehives for pollination

There will be ample time to ask questions and get your answers during this course.

Notes: 
You will also receive a free text book valued at $25.

Class fulfillment:

BC Bee Supply reserves the right to postpone, reschedule and/or cancel classes, courses and workshops due to insufficient registrants. If this occurs, BC Bee Supply will notify all paid registrants 48 hours prior to event commencement.

Registration cancellations:

Cancellations made 7 days or more in advance of the event date will receive a 100% refund. Cancellations made within 7 days of the event may qualify for a future registration or in-store credit towards merchandise. Cancellations inside of 24 hours are not refundable.