Knox County Beekeepers Association Beginner Beekeeping Classes
Date: 02/01/2025
Time: 09:00 am-03:00 pm
Location: Room 105 of Faculty Hall on the Campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University 800 Martinsburg Road Mount Vernon
Organizer: Knox County Beekeepers Association
Cost: $65 per class or $120 for both classes
Contact and more info:
kcba.qb@gmail.com
https://knoxbees.com

About the event:

The Knox County Beekeepers Association will hold its annual Beginner Beekeeping Classes in Room 105 of Faculty Hall on the Campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

If you have you ever wanted to keep honeybees and just did not know how to get started, the Knox County Beekeepers Association can help.  The course will be divided into 2 classes: the first session will address how to get started and the second session will teach methods of managing honeybees.  The classes will be held on Saturday February 1st and Saturday February 15th from 9:00am to 3:00pm.

The Beginning Beekeeping Class provides all the information needed to get started. The first class will cover what you will need and where to purchase bees and equipment and how to care for bees and keep them healthy.  Instruction also will be given on what to look for when you are working your bees, basic biology and behaviors, bee health, pest problems and solutions and of course honey harvesting.  The second class will delve a bit deeper into the art of hive management with discussion topics such as making more honey, catching swarms, collecting pollen and splitting hives.  In both classes, the aim is to present best-practices in a straight-forward, step-by-step, easy to understand format.  Class and group discussions are encouraged between instructors and students.