Please register for this class at www.alaskabeesandbrew.com prior to the event. Location is at Valley Board of Realtors, 741 E Susitna Ave in Wasilla. Cost will be $185 PER FAMILY. Bring the kids, and the parents. 6pm-9pm Friday 3/12 and 10am-3pm Saturday 3/13 for 8 hours total. Refreshments and snacks will be available on site.
Whether you have never had a beehive before, or you have 5 hives of your own, we all need a little schooling on the ins and outs of these buzzing buddies of ours. Come enjoy an 8hr class (over two days) covering EVERYTHING Apis Mellifera. You will walk out of this class not only knowing what and when to do things, but why and how it is done. Everyone will receive a copy of our Beekeeping Handbook to take home.
Don’t worry, this class is not all book work. We have HANDS ON PROJECTS and demonstrations! Build a beehive, extract honey, and follow the beekeeper’s calendar throughout the season to name a few.
If you are still not interested, come for the door prizes. Come home with some miscellaneous beekeeping tools, or one lucky person will receive a FREE BEE PACKAGE!
Curious? Read the class syllabus below. Questions? Contact Royal Alaskan Honey or Alaska Bees and Brew.
Syllabus:
What is beekeeping? • How much honey will I harvest? • How much will this cost me? • Equipment necessary to keep bees in Alaska • Biology and races of honeybees • Members of the hive and their duties • Where to obtain bee equipment; New, used or building your own equipment. • Preparing equipment for the arrival of bees • Insulation, feeding bees properly • Preparing for the arrival of bees • Is my queen marked? (Queen-marking tool) • Running 2-Queen Hives • Swarming and how to prevent it • Honeybee diseases • Extracting your Alaska honey • What to do at the end of the season/wintering over • Storing your equipment • Beeswax candle making
Cost: $185.00 per family