UPDATE - All three sections of RIBA's Beekeeping Classes are full. Registration is now closed at this time.
CCRI is holding a "Backyard Beekeeping" class as part of their Community Education program. The course will be held on their Warwick campus, and costs $200.
Why do people keep bees? It's a good hobby for people who love nature and enjoy watching and learning about bees and the flowers they pollinate and gather nectar from. It insures that you will always have good pollination in your gardens. Some people keep bees because they love honey! Some people even keep bees because they have arthritis and wish to get stung to alleviate arthritic symptoms.
The Rhode Island Beekeepers Association teaches beginner beekeeping classes every year in February and March.
This year there will be three bee schools: one at the William M. Davies Career and Technical High School in Lincoln, one at the East Farm at the University of Rhode Island, and the third at Schartner's Bald Hill Nursery in Exeter.
All three locations, Davies High School, URI and Schartner's have reached capacity, so enrollment is closed at this time.
Topics covered include:
- Getting started
- The honeybee life cycle
- Choosing an apiary
- Buying bees and equipment
- Installing package bees
- Catching Swarms
- Bee diseases and pests
- Spring Inspections
- Getting ready for the honeyflow
- Wintering bees
There will be a variety of beekeeping equipment displayed and demontrated each week. Beekeeping catalogs and other handouts will be distributed and several beekeeping videos will be shown.
2010 Bee School Schedule - Davies Tech
Wednesday evenings on March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Instructor: Betty Mencucci
Directions: William M. Davies Career and Technical High School, Jenckes Hill Road, Lincoln, Rhode Island. (The school is located on Rt 123 right next to CCRI in Lincoln. From the south, take 146 north and take the exit for Rt 123 - Breakneck Hill Road. At the end of the ramp turn left, go over Rt 146 and go a few hundred feet to a stop light. Go straight ahead. The Davies School is just ahead on the left. There is a large parking lot. Enter the school through the main entrance and look for signs. If you're coming from the north, Rt 146 south, take the Rt. 123 exit and take a right at the end of the ramp).
2010 Bee School Schedule - URI East Farm
Wednesday evenings on February 17 and 24, March 3, 10, 17 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm.
Instructor: Mark Robar
Directions: The entrance to East Farm is located on Route 108 about 6/10 of a mile south from the light at the intersection of Route 138 and 108. Classes will be held in building # 75.
2010 Bee School Schedule - Schartner's Bald Hill Nurseries
Wednesday evenings on March 10, 17, 24, 31 and April 7 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
Instructor: Everett Zurlinden
Directions: Schartner's Bald Hill Nurseries, 90 Ten Rod Road (Rt. 102), Exeter, RI. (The nursery is less than a half-mile east of the intersection of Ten Rod Rd (Rt. 102) and South County Trail (Rt. 2))
Costs
$50 per person plus $5 per person for additional family members in the same household.
Once you sign up to attend the class, you will also become a member of the Rhode Island Beekeeping Association where you will receive the Association's quarterly newsletters with tips and information on beekeeping in the Rhode Island area. The Association has monthly meetings at various locations in the state where you will get to meet other beekeepers and participate in the Association's activities.
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