LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
WCBA Introductory Beekeeping Short Course
Are you interested in learning about honey bees and beekeeping?
Sign up for our beginners short course here.
Are you interested in learning about honey bees and beekeeping?
Sign up for our beginners short course here.
Frederick County Beekeeping Association
The FCBA also offers a free self-paced beekeeping course outline for beginners, based on Beekeeping for Dummies 5th Edition and accompanied by well-recognized videos on selected topics in the book. You can find all the details here on the FCBA website.
Montgomery County Beekeepers Association
The Montgomery County Beekeepers Association is offering a six week online beginner beekeeping class on Thursday evenings beginning January 27, 2022. In addition, there will be an in-person class in an outdoor apiary in March. You can find all the details here on the MCBA website.
Alabama A & M and Auburn Universities
At home beekeeping series
At home beekeeping series
The Alabama Extension beekeeping team has developed an At Home Beekeeping Series. The series of presentations is offered the last Tuesday of each month 7:30 to 8:30 PM EST. You can attend via Zoom or watch the webinar streamed live on Facebook. The webinars are recorded and available for an additional two weeks on Facebook. For a list of presentations and all the details, click here.
Bee Informed Partnership
Free on-line webinars
Free on-line webinars
The Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) is a national collaboration of research labs and universities working with beekeepers to better understand how we can manage healthier bees. As part of their mission, they offer educational webinars and have a team of highly trained technical transfer specialists on a wide range of topics relating to keeping your bees healthy! Click here for a list of webinars.
University of Maryland Bee Squad -- Bringing Science to the Bee Yard
Free on-line webinars via Zoom or Facebook
Free on-line webinars via Zoom or Facebook
The UMD Bee Squad offers a variety of free online webinars, including a symposium of master beekeepers, a varroa mite webinar, and other online resources for beekeepers. If you missed a webinar, you can find it posted on the Bee Squad's facebook pages. All the details and the schedule of classes can be found here.
Penn State Extension -- Beekeeping
An on-line introductory course on beekeeping, free on-line webinars and numerous articles
An on-line introductory course on beekeeping, free on-line webinars and numerous articles
Penn State Extension offers an on-line introductory beekeeping course (Beekeeping 101). They also offer numerous webinars on beekeeping -- everything from gardens and pollination to keeping your bees healthy year round and raising queens. Complete details can be found here.
Ohio State Beekeepers Association
Free web-based introductory beekeeping training program
Free web-based introductory beekeeping training program
The self-paced online course uses an online textbook (Backyard Beekeeping by Dr. James Tew) accompanied by a series of short videos.
University of Guelph
Honey Bee Research Center
Honey Bee Research Center
A video series on many aspects of beekeeping -- from Getting Started with Bees, Colony Management, Pest Management, Queen Rearing, Honey Harvesting and more.