This is an introductory level course that focuses on everything you need to start beekeeping, including topics on beekeeping equipment, protective gear, honey bee biology, stressors, and management basics. Part I of the course includes lectures by several speakers. Part II of the course is a field day that gets you in the hives and takes the lessons from Part I into practice. Learn how to setup the equipment, install and handle bees safely, and perform hive inspections.

The Schramm Education Center is open until 5 pm. If any participants want to go through the Education Center after the lecture, they offer a reduced rate for groups, so the cost would be $3 per adult if they wanted to see the Center & Aquarium. You must pay individually at the front desk, and just need to let the front desk know that you’re with the lecture group in order to receive the group rate.