This five week intermediate beekeeping course is designed to help beekeepers with two or more years of experience to the next level of apiary management. This course focuses on sustainable beekeeping techniques and strategies that work with the bees natural instincts while still incorporating the beekeepers goals for success. The course will dive deeper into the following subjects: seasonal colony management, queens and queen rearing, swarm management, apiary development, colony and apiary health, harvest and production of items for sale.

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m

Where: UMaine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth, Maine

Cost: Single registration = $160

Household registration for two (1 book) = $270

The Cumberland County Intermediate Beekeeping Course is designed to help beekeepers with two or more years of experience to the next level of apiary management. This course focuses on sustainable beekeeping techniques and strategies that work with the bees natural instincts while still incorporating the beekeepers goals for success. The course will dive deeper into the following subjects: seasonal colony management, queens and queen rearing, swarm management, apiary development, colony and apiary health, harvest and production of items for sale. Instructor: EAS Certified Master Beekeeper Erin Evans.

The $160 fee and $270 fee includes the cost of one textbook and a Queen Marking Tube and Cage for each participant

Capacity Remaining: 19

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