Beginning Beekeeper's Mentorship Bundle, New Beekeepers Lessons

This “bundle” includes a nucleus hive and lessons from our Veteran Beekeeper. These lessons will extensively cover the issues you need to know as a beginning beekeeper. Classes will be held outdoors and consistent with current CDC guidelines at the time of the event.When you come to pick up your bees, you’ll be given a
This “bundle” includes a nucleus hive and lessons from our Veteran Beekeeper. These lessons will extensively cover the issues you need to know as a beginning beekeeper. Classes will be held outdoors and consistent with current CDC guidelines at the time of the event.When you come to pick up your bees, you’ll be given a 3-hour in-person lesson on how to: -Set up your hive for success -Transport your new colony - Introducing your colony to your new hive at home -Feeding tips -Tracking your hive health with the same “hive inspection template” that we use to keep our hives healthy -What to expect during your first season of beekeeping using our monthly beekeeping calendar.” -How to identify your queen, worker, and drone bees  -Identification of common hive pests, and what to do about them -How/when to prepare for the honey flow! -Where to buy beekeeping equipment, food, etc.  *This Class & Colony pick-up will take place on the same date at Deer Lake Orchard, near Buffalo Minnesota. During the last week of July you will be invited to a 2-hour zoom conference in which we will show you how to: -How/if your honey is ready to be “pulled” from your hive -How to extract your honey -Store your honey harvest - Conduct mid-season mite/pest control, -Options for preparing your hives for a successful fall. Bare Honey offers extraction/bottling services for your honey, saving you the time & money spent on expensive extraction equipment (please email us for more information) During the first week of September, this 2-hour class will be held both virtually & on-site near Monticello, Minnesota. We will provide instruction on how to: -Prepare your hive for overwintering in Minnesota, or sending your hive with us to our Florida overwintering yard. -How to determine if your hive is healthy enough to survive the Minnesota Winter -Common overwintering issues in Minnesota -Determining Hive health during the winter -Splitting your hives for overwintering in Nuc boxes.

Starting new hives is stressful, and even more so for beginner beekeepers. We are here to support you from start to finish this season. Our mentorship

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Perfect for newbie beekeepers, this lecture and hands-on class will give you a lot of information and confidence in caring for your own hives. Sign up

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Please note: Our mentoring program is only available to students who have completed our initial one-day beekeeping training workshop. If you have not

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