Tarboo Valley Bees

Beekeeping Classes

For Questions and Information on Classes Please Contact Gloria In The Wooden Ware Division  

(360) 301-1850 

E-mail: Gloria@tarboovalleybees.com

We would wish you success as you embark on beekeeping.  We are here to help with your questions.

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 Basic Beekeeping

Hands-on Classes

  These classes are designed to allow the inquiring or  young beekeeper to get hands-on experience in one of our colonies.              

 Class #1

Getting Started

Wooden Ware 101

Protective Clothing and Equipment

Hive Introduction

Class #2

Hive Management

Honey Crop

Winter Management

$25.00 per person, per class

Attend both classes in the same day and receive a 10% discount. 

Maximum class size 6 students

Classes run approximately 1 1/2 hrs.

Beekeeping can sometimes be trying if you don't have the right tools and knowledge to be productive. Our goal in basic beekeeping is to give you some insight into proper beekeeping so your experience will be a fun and profitable one. 

 Class Pictures

We can provide all the protective clothing or bring and use your own.

Things to remember:

We hold our classes when the temperature is above 70 degrees. Our bee jackets can get warm, try to wear a lightweight shirt to help prevent overheating.

Please try to Hydrate yourself before the class.  

 Intermediate Beekeeping

Hands-on Classes

   These classes are designed for the urban beekeeper who likely already has a colony of bees and is ready and eager to learn more in a hands-on environment in one of our colonies.

 CLASS #1

SPRING MANAGEMENT

Spring Startup 

CLASS #2

 SUMMER MANAGEMENT

Routine inspections

CLASS #3

FALL MANAGEMENT

Winter preparations

$50.00 per person, per class

Maximum class size 6 students

Classes run approximately 2.5 hrs.

    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  

    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