Classes
2012 Class registration is open
We hold beekeeping classes in early January and May every year.
Learning how to light a smoker
Why January? Because it's the perfect time to prepare for the coming beekeeping season. Our January class lasts all day and gives a beginning beekeeper the information needed to start up in the spring.
Our schedule of beekeeping classes for 2012 will be on January 7 and 21, February 4 and 18 and March 10 and 24. Registration for February and March classes will open once the previous month classes are full.
The class covers the basics of starting in beekeeping, hive management, seasonal maintenance, honeybee health and basic biology. It runs from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Jane Addams Hull House Museum in Chicago. Lunch is shared pot luck. Cost is $70.00
We highly recommend that class participants read a beekeeping book before they come to the class in order to have some familiarity with beekeeping terms and honeybees.
The book we recommend for our classes - Honeybees and Beekeeping, A Year in the life of an Apiary by Keith Delaplane is available below. The book costs $20.00 plus $3.00 shipping and handling.
If you prefer to pay by check, email orders.honeycoop@gmail.com to reserve a spot.
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