Interested in beekeeping or want to learn more about bees?
Local beekeepers, in cooperation with the Macon County Beekeepers Association, are conducting a class for beginning beekeepers.
This class is two days in the classroom and one day at a local bee yard.
Topics to be Covered:- Hive Components
- Types of Bees
- Locating and setting up your bee yard
- Swarming and how to manage it
- Working with your bees
- Annual management - calendar year
- Biology of individual bees (what makes a queen a queen?)
- Products of the hives and why bees make them
- Installing bees: nuc, package or swarm
Cost is $100.00 per person which includes the book "Beekeeping for Dummies" and dues to the Macon County Beekeepers Association for a year.
Registration fee is $50.00 (non-refundable), which guarantees you a spot. Space is limited to 50 students. Checks can be made out to the Macon County Bee Club for either the $50.00 deposit or the full $100.00. Please send them to Debbie at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Macon County Center, 193 Thomas Heights Rd., Franklin, NC 28734, attention: Bee School. Include your name, email and phone number with the payment.
Dates for 2025 class are February 22nd and March 1st.- Location is the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Macon County Center, 193 Thomas Heights Rd., Franklin, NC 28734
- Apiary visit date is March 15 (March 22nd if rainout)
- Registration is at 8:00 am, class runs 9:00 am - 3:00 pm with lunch break
Contact - Katie Wall kdbwall@gmail.com with any questions.
