As your beekeeping experience increases, your ability to work more quickly and competently also increases. You will be able to add new hives to your small original apiary until it contains the maximum number of hives that you can care for. Good beekeepers know what their maximum apiary size should be and do not try to over extend themselves. To determine the number of hives you can tend, you will need to consider a variety of factors: time, expense, space considerations, your own physical condition, local climate, etc. The maximum number of hives differs from beekeeper to beekeeper. For a hobby, the maximum may be two hives; for a young farmer, it could be 200.
Student Testimonials
You made it a fun and enjoyable experience for a first timer. You can't go wrong with the price. I recomend taking both classes back to back. I am thinking of taking the class again before my package bees arrive just for a refresher course.
Megan R.
Silverdale, WA
I enjoyed your class very much and look forward to getting my bees soon. Very glad I took the class first.
Here is a Youtube video of my hive kit assembled. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eXNcef55hw
Jeff
Darrington, WA
I really enjoyed the class. I never would have thought that bees could be so 'tame'. You were very thorough in your teaching and I gained a lot of useful information. It was a very good way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Thanks,
Joe P.
Silvana, WA
Thanks so much for the class last sunday... I learned alot, and you made us all feel very comfortable with all the bee handling........
Heidi D.
Everett, WA
“Beekeeping is one of the most challenging things I have tried to do.” “Every time I open up a hive, I realize just how much I don’t know, so I wanted to take any opportunity to further my education in beekeeping that I could.” Worth every dime!
Frank J.
Thank YOU Gloria! We all had a delightful day, and now, even the kids who were skeptics, are enthusiastic about the idea of keeping bees! It was more helpful to be in a hands-on class, than all the books I have read so far!
We will have to keep in touch.
Sarah