Bee Basics for
Beginning
Beekeepers
Our Bee Basics for Beginners one-day introductory beekeeping class is back by popular demand!
Class will be scheduled in March, 2025. Please check back for exact date and sign up.
The class is designed to help new and prospective beekeepers get started by identifying the equipment they will need, setting up their first hive, adding bees to it and inspecting the hive.
Attendance is free, but registration is required. Click the button to sign up.
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- Students at the TCBA Bee Basics school gather around as an instructor shows them how to inspect a hive.
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- The TCBA Bee School started with a classroom session on the deck. The first portion covered woodenware and how to assemble your own hive
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- Instructors Debbie, Ed, and Dave discuss the difference between wax and plastic foundation
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- TCBA President Ed Geouge examines a frame of bees as students look on
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- Students were also introduced to different pieces of equipment used by beekeepers, from smokers to marking pens and turkey feathers for brushing bees off.
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- TCBA Bee School attendees are given final instructions before the hands-on portion of the class starts.
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- Ed hands a frame of bees to a student
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- The second portion of the class covered equipment like feeders and how to use an EpiPen
