Bee Basics for
Beginning
Beekeepers
Our most recent class is over, but we may offer a new one in the coming months. Thanks to the 22 students and our four instructors for making it a great class!
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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
