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Beginner Beekeeping Bootcamp
Thu, Mar 14
|Marengo
Join Beekeeper Konni Vukelic to learn Beekeeping Basics you need to know to set up a beehive.
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Mar 14, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Marengo, 217 S State St, Marengo, IL 60152, USA
About the event
This is a 4 week in person class - you will receive an invite to a hands on in person session as part of this class
Learn the basics you need to know to get started in Beekeeping. This is a beginner beekeeping class.
Join Beekeeper Konni Vukelic to learn Beekeeping Basics you need to know to set up a beehive and keep bees. This is an informational course only. No live bees are part of this class.
This is a 4 week course.
In this class series we will cover:
- Bee biology, lifespan, colony activities, information about bees and their jobs
- Types of hives, hive parts and components
- What you need, packages versus nucs
- Assessing your location, where and how to set up your hive
- Planting for bees, creating an ideal habitat
- Foraging habits, bee nutrition, colony health
- Pest management, some how when and why
- What are the rules for Illinois and your town
- Beekeeping tools, what you need and why
- A season of bees, what to expect in your first year
- Some common first year mistakes and how to avoid them
- How you can turn your honey harvest into a sweet side hustle
- and more!
Tickets
Beginner Beekeeping Bootcamp
$167.00+$4.18 service feeSale ended
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