Wednesday, January 10, 2018

2018 Beekeeping in Alaska Workshop

Science-Based Art
Instructor: Dawn Cogan 
To register, email Dawn at sciencebasedart@yahoo.com or call Dawn at (907)460-6050.

When:
 March 3-4
1-5PM each day for a total of 8 hours

Where:
Monroe Catholic School Library- 615 Monroe Street, Fairbanks, AK 99701

Cost: $150.00 per family

Syllabus:
Students will receive a book with hand-outs to keep. Door prizes include brand new beekeeping tools.
  • What is beekeeping? How much honey will I get? How much will this all cost me?
• Equipment necessary to keep bees in Alaska
• Biology and races of honeybees
• Members of the hive and their duties
• Where can I get bee equipment? Should I get new, used or build my own?
• Getting equipment ready for the arrival of bees
Hands-on Project: Construct a beehive in class
• Insulation, feeding bees properly
• What to do when the bees arrive
• Is my queen marked? (queen marking tool)
• Management of honeybee colonies in Alaska, The Beekeeper's Calendar
• Running 2-Queen Hives
• Swarming and how to prevent it
• Honeybee diseases
• Extracting your Alaska honey
• What to do at the end of the season/wintering over
• Storing your equipment
• Beeswax candle making

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