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Beekeeping Class 101 - Class #4: How Are My Bees Doing?

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Get ready for Class #4! Join us May 17th (9am-noon) at Bill’s Bees Bee Yard for Class #4 of the Los Angeles County Beekeepers Association Beekeeping Class 101. (Bee Suits Required) In this hand’s on beekeeping class you’re going to learn how your bees are doing:  Is my queen healthy? Or, am I queenless?  Is there brood? Or, do I need to replace my queen? Is there food? Or, do I need to feed my bees? What? When? How? Are there Varroa mites? And if so, what do I do?  For those of you who attended Class #3, we took...

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Beekeeping Class 101 - Class #3: What Goes On Inside the Hive?

Posted by William Lewis on

You’ve got your bees! You’ve got your box! Now What?Hopefully, you were successful in installing your bee packages. Now we’re going to take a look inside the hive. You’ll find the queen and her eggs and identify the progressive stages of growth. You’ll be able to compare the progress of your new bees to see how they’re doing. Join us on April 19th (9am-noon) at Bill’s Bees Bee Yard for Class #3 of the Los Angeles County Beekeepers Association Beekeeping Class 101. "I liked the ABeeC's Beginning Beekeeping article by Phill Remick "Blind Leading the Blind," says Bill. It's reprinted...

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