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Reading Your Beehive
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Examining your beehive can be confusing without the proper training. Learn how to inspect a colony, how to find the queen, and how to evaluate the health of a beehive. All participants are required to bring their own bee-suit. No extra suits will be available at the class.
Saturday Aug 12th, 9am–12pm Central Time
Beginning Beekeeping
The Morton Arboretum @ 4100 Illinois Rte 53, Lisle, IL 60532
Learn the basics of beekeeping. Curious about honey bees? Interested in starting your own hive and harvesting your own honey? Already have a hive and want to learn more about managing it? Join our experienced beekeeper and explore the history of beekeeping, bee anatomy, starting up a colony and managing it through the year, equipment basics, honey bee pests and diseases, harvesting honey, and more. Recommended text: The recommended text, ...
$109
4 sessions
Introduction to Bees and Beekeeping
Northeastern Illinois University CAPE @ 3701 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Introduction to Bees and Beekeeping will focus on the principles of beekeeping. Those principles include the history of beekeeping, honeybee biology, plant and pollinator relationship, and essential equipment and requirements. The Midwest Master Beekeeper certification program consists of six levels: Beginner Beekeeper Apprentice Beekeeper Journeyman Beekeeper Junior Master Beekeeper Master Trainer Master Beekeeper By the...
$75
Beginning Beekeeping Workshop
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Join us for this full-day program and learn about the history of beekeeping in North America, the anatomy and physiology of the bees including the caste system, and duties of the honeybees. We will also discuss the impending disaster of the honeybee—Colony Collapse Disorder—and what we can do about it. Lunch is on your own.
$75
Wild Blossom Beekeeping Class
Beverage Art Inc @ 9030 S Hermitage Ave , Chicago, IL 60620
Our Beginning Beekeeping instruction takes you from the basics to the realities of managing an urban beehive. You'll learn about honeybee anatomy and life cycle, bee stings, honey and other resources from the hive, common pests and diseases such as how to deal with varroa mites, hive equipment and how to use each piece, seasonal management, how to harvest honey, how bees make honey, wax, and what they do with propolis, the crucial role honeybees...
$125
4 sessions
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Wild Blossom Beekeeping Class (Online)
Beverage Art Inc @ Virtual Classroom
Our Beginning Beekeeping instruction takes you from the basics to the realities of managing an urban beehive. You'll learn about honeybee anatomy and life cycle, bee stings, honey and other resources from the hive, common pests and diseases such as how to deal with varroa mites, hive equipment and how to use each piece, seasonal management, how to harvest honey, how bees make honey, wax, and what they do with propolis, the crucial role honeybees...
$125
4 sessions
Introduction to Beekeeping
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Learn all the basics needed to start keeping bees. This includes what to expect, how to put together equipment, how to get bees in your hive, finding the queen, feeding, what to look for after the bees are installed, and seasonal chores. There will be hands-on exercise in the field. All participants are required to bring their own bee-suit. No extra suits will be available at the class.
$99
Sustainable Beekeeping
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
This class will address how make your apiary more self-sufficient, the importance of working on and improving your own local stock, how to make bees from your own bees, selecting your own stock, increasing your hive count, marketing your products, making your own equipment, and a few introductory methods of queen-raising.
$69
Beekeeping: Apiary 101: Online
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 00000
Learn how to create your apiary and site plan. Take a virtual visit to Willie's apiary and explore the different types of stands and equipment needed to establish a successful apiary. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance.
$24
Apprentice Beekeeper
Northeastern Illinois University CAPE @ 5500 N St Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Level Two: Apprentice Beekeeper The Apprentice Beekeeper class will focus on hive health and management. This includes information on how to check the health of your hive, how to monitor for pests and diseases, honeybee biology, swarm management, queen replacement, and other IPM recommendations. The Midwest Master Beekeeper certification program consists of six levels: Beginner Beekeeper Apprentice Beekeeper Journeyman Beekeeper Junior...
$75
Life of a Beekeeper
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Being a beekeeper is more than enjoying the sweetness of honey. Learn what beekeepers do, the challenges they face, seasonal duties in tending to the hive, bee care techniques, equipment they use and maintain, and trends in bee management. Participants will leave with a greater appreciation for beekeepers and the work to maintain hives.
$49
Managing Overwintered Bees
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Your bees survived the winter, now what do you do? Learn to manage your bees in the unpredictable spring weather and methods to avoid a swarm. You will have an opportunity to view live hives.
$56
Swarms and Swarm Traps
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
In this class, we will discuss the ecology and biology of honeybee swarming. We will also cover how to make and use bait-boxes, where to start hunting for feral bees, and how to get them to stay put once you have them.
$40
Flavors of the Hive
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Learn to identify some of the pollen and different nectar plants your bees are using to make honey in northern Illinois. How weather and other factors affect the taste of the honey will also be covered. There will be a small honey tasting at the end of class.
$39
How to Build a Beehive
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
In this live demonstration class, learn how to make and assemble boxes and other various hive equipment. Wil will go over different cuts, how to source materials, and how to prepare recycled sources. Ear protection will be provided.
$49
