Would
you like to learn about keeping honeybees?
Beekeeping
Workshops: Sunday May 30th or June 13th 2010
Beekeeping can be easy and pleasurable
in your own back garden! Also get to know the medicinal benefits of your beehive, nature’s treasure box of best - kept
secrets.
Course outline:
* The bee hive.
* Tools, equipment, and apparel.
* The honey bee life cycle.
* A beekeeper's calendar.
* Honey bee nutrition and feeds.
* Identifying diseases, pests and predators.
* Chemical treatments and medicines.
* Organic methods of pest and disease control; understand
why you should seriously consider this option.
* Harvesting honey, pollen, propolis and royal jelly.
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Tips for locating your bees.
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Hands-on in the bee yard; learn to inspect bees and handle bees correctly.
* Pick up our hive inspection sheet, it will help you
throughout the calendar year.
* Demonstrations will be made using standard and new ergonomic beehives; both will suit urban / back garden
beekeepers.
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Bring sticky notes and a pen. After each topic there will be a question period.J
Register online @ www.beeman.ca or call 905-986-1709 or E-mail iancritchell@live.com Registration limited to 12 persons per workshop. Start 9.30am till 4pm. $110 includes lunch & taxes.
