New to Beekeeping? Sign up for our beekeeping class taught by a local bee expert. This two hour class will cover everything you need to know about beekeeping, including: hive preparation, installing a bee package, how to use beekeeping equipment, feeding your new bees and hive inspections.

The cost is $35.

• IN PERSON: Sign up at Wardle Feed at the checkout desk
• EMAIL: wardlefeedandpet@gmail.com
• CALL: 303-424-6455 and ask to sign up for beekeeping class

Introduction to Beekeeping provides classroom time for participating students.  Follow the link to DUH to register. http://www.denverurbanhomesteading.com/

To Bee or Not To Bee will be giving it's first Warre class on Saturday, March 2nd 1:00 - 3:00 by Trent Feist $15.00 in advance $20.00 at the door
Please RSVP to 303.859.6707

Winter Business Meeting

INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING LEVEL 2

The world is an unsettled place. Invest in gold. So you got the equipment, found some bees, and nurtured and watched them all summer. Now how do you get your hands on that liquid gold, and how do you keep the bees alive for another year? This course will explain the steps beekeepers need to take in the fall.

How to get the honey away from the bees

Equipment you will need to extract honey

How to use the equipment

What to do with the wax

How to clean up the honey

What the bees are doing in the fall

What the bees are doing in the winter

How to help the bees get ready for winter

How to help the bees survive over winter

And everything else you need to know to finish your first year of beekeeping

Instructor: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. McCallister

Fee:. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79

Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 28, March 7, 14, 21

Day:. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thursday

Time:. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30-8:30 pm