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Principles and Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping
~FULL PROGRAM~
2023

$350.00

Dates:
Part One: Getting Started: March 3, 2023
Part Two: The Spikenard Method: March 4, 2023
Part Three: Spring & Summer: May 13, 2023
Part Four: Fall & Winter: August 5, 2023

The cost of the full package is $350.00, a savings of $40.00 over taking the classes individually.

 

 

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Description

This year we are offering our beekeeping classes for beginners in a set of four separate workshops. This set is intended to give participants a solid foundation, from starting a hive, through the summer development, and into the fall and winter tasks. The first two classes are introductory classes. The third and fourth classes cover hive management and will offer plenty of practical experiences. The biodynamic/sustainable beekeeping methods we practice and teach are founded on more than 40 years of experience and they really work.

The cost of the full package is $350.00, a savings of $40.00 over taking the classes individually.

Principles and Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping – Parts One and Two- Getting Started and The Spikenard Method

Principles and Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping – Part Three – Spring and Summer

Principles and Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping – Part Four – Fall and Winter

 

Principles and Practices of
Biodynamic Beekeeping
Part One		 Principles and Practices of
Biodynamic Beekeeping
Part Two
March 3, 2023 March 4, 2023

Introduction

  • Beekeeping History and the Current State of the Honeybee Crisis
  • Landscape Considerations—the bees and flowers as a unity
  • Tools and Equipment—less is more, know what you need to get started!
  • How to introduce a Package, Nuc, and Swarm
  • Health checks and care for the first 10 days

The Spikenard Method

  • Theory and practice of working with natural wax comb—without foundation
  • Theory and practice of working with natural queens
  • Understanding the hive as an organism
  • Discussion at the hives, bee forage walk
  • Feeding
  • What is biodynamic beekeeping?
Principles and Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping
Part Three		 Principles and Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping
Part Four
May 13, 2023 August 5, 2023

Health and Hive Management
Spring and Summer Beekeeping

  • Expansion in the hive
  • Swarming—How to catch and work with swarms
  • Understanding health of the honeybee hive
  • Dealing with pests
  • Using a debris tray
  • Beekeeping Tasks from May to August

Health and Hive Management
Fall and Winter Preparation

  • Contraction in the hive
  • 1:1 Ratio
  • Feeding demonstration
  • Hive wrapping/insulation
  • Dynamics of the winter cluster
  • Beekeeping tasks from August to April