NOTE: this class is online via Zoom in two parts:

Part 1: Sunday, February 20th, 7pm-8:30pm

Part 2: Sunday, February 27th, 7pm-8:30pm

This class will prepare you for what to expect to see in your hive February – June and what to do. This class covers two distinct seasons: early spring (Feb/March) and late spring (April-June).

In this class, you will learn:

• What the bees are focused on in spring, so you can work with their natural instincts. 
• The difference between early and late spring & what to do in each
• How the weather (amount of rain, cold, and sun) helps and hinders the bees, so you can be prepared for any kind of spring weather
• Swarm prevention (but the swarm prevention class goes into greater depth on this)
• Spring mite management
• How and when to get wax drawn-out
• When to harvest honey

Spring is the prime time to split your hive.  We recommend you also take our Splitting Your Hive class, if you are interested in that.

Instructor: Jennifer Radtke has been keeping bees in her backyard for 17+ years, and has developed the beekeeping education program at the BioFuel Oasis. She’s kept up with her bees’ growth in early spring and split her hives every year around April 1st (& sometimes a second time at the end of May). Her bees have only swarmed once in 10+ years.