Intermediate Beekeeping Workshop June 25

134 East Main Street,Rexburg ID 83440

25 June, 2022

Description

Intermediate Beekeeping Workshop, June 25Now that you have honey bees, how do you take care of them? This Intermediate Beekeeping Workshop taught by Master Beekeeper Ward Hicks will teach you how to properly manage your hives for optimum health and productivity. This one-day course will be offered on Saturday, June 25, 2022. The workshop will consist of two parts. The first part will be classroom instruction from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Madison County Administration Building located at 134 E Main St, in Rexburg, Idaho. After the classroom instruction participants will be offered a hands-on practice at an apiary located about 3 miles west of Rexburg. Students will travel to the apiary and then practice what they’ve learned by inspecting and working with actual hives. Participants should bring their own protective gear, a hive tool and a smoker. The workshop will conclude at the apiary at 1 p.m. This workshop will focus on the following topics: Hive inspections. How to properly manipulate the hive with the least amount of disturbance. Utilizing the smoker appropriately and the use of bare-handed techniques.Identifying queens, drones, workers and brood in various stages along with their health conditions.Record keeping. How to keep track of when and what is done each time you inspect.Analyzing diseases and pests. This will include techniques for identifying American foulbrood, European foulbrood, Chalkbrood, Sacbrood , Nosema, Parasitic Mite Syndrome and the debilitating viruses associated with Varroa DestructorMethods for treating and managing disease.Evaluating for Varroa mite presence in the hive Proper treatment for Varroa mites Making splits and creating nucsRequeening the hive and techniques for marking your queensSwarm mitigation, supering techniques and honey harvesting tipsCost for the course is $75 per person. A discount ticket for two ($125) is available for those who want to bring a partner and share materials. All participants will receive a packet of class materials and a mite testing device. Class size is limited, so be sure to register early.  For more information contact Ward Hicks at 208-403-6633 or email: [email protected]  Ward Hicks earned a Master Beekeeping certificate from the University of Montana and has more than 30 years of experience in managing honey bee colonies. He also holds a Master of Professional Communication degree from Westminster College and is a faculty member at BYU–Idaho.