Advanced Beekeeping | Hands-On Series, includes Suiting Up and Going into the Hives (1-day)
This is a unique and one of a kind opportunity to actually work the bees in actual bee hives as part of the Hands-on portion of the workshop. We will suit you up and take a close look at the bees, doing splits, caging and releasing the queen. You will be learning how to be a more proficient beekeeper, by learning the challenges of increases, splits equalizing your colonies and re-queening with personal hands-on experience working in the hive. Learn from a UF Advanced Master Beekeepers
Class Lecture on Saturday from 9am-1pm at GreenView Aquaponics Family Farm & Apiary, at 4160 Old Burnt Store Road, N, Cape Coral, FL 33993
Honey Bee Anatomy
Pheromones
Increases
Splitting Colonies
Equalizing Colonies
ReQueening Colonies
Hands-On Workshop on Saturday from 1pm-4/5pm at GreenView Aquaponics Family Farm & Apiary, at 4160 Old Burnt Store Road, N, Cape Coral, FL 33993
Walkaway Split - how to create increases with Walkaway Splits.
Split with Swarm Cells - how to split a hive once you have Swarm Cells
Equalizing Hives - why and how to keep your colonies
Find, Catch, Cage a Queen (practice with Drones)
ReQueening a Hive - over-the-shoulder with UF Advanced Master Beekeeper
