EXT XAF.0146 - Mentoring Apiary Online Classes 2023
Description
Whether you are a new beekeeper starting out with your first package, or an experienced beekeeper planning to expand your apiary, each year of beekeeping holds new challenges. Stay up to date with recommendations on seasonal management with expert beekeepers from the University of MN Bee Squad. We use videos, photos, and data taken from hundreds of Bee Squad hives to provide timely recommendations for beekeeping techniques and management.
Each class will be a live Zoom meeting, with time for questions and in-depth discussion. Participants are welcome to share photos and details from their own hives. These classes will NOT be recorded or made available to view later.
Class Dates and Descriptions
The online classes will be held via Zoom one Thursday per month from 7:00-8:00pm (CST). The instructor will send a reminder email with a Zoom link the week before each class. If you have photos of your hives that you would like to discuss during class, please email them to ma-bees@umn.edu.
April 6: April Management and Q&A
Topics will include apiary set up, hiving a package, and spring management for overwintered hives (reversals and feeding)
May 4: May Management and Q&A
Topics will include package inspection, dividing overwintered colonies, and queen health
June 8: June Management and Q&A
Topics will include Varroa mite management, brood disease identification, reversals, and swarm prevention
July 6: July Management and Q&A
Topics will include tips for dealing with colonies at peak population, and strategies to maximize honey production
August 3: August Management and Q&A
Topics will include Varroa mite management, methods of pulling honey supers, and tips on reducing robbing in the apiary
September 7: September Management and Q&A
Topics will include fall Varroa mite management and tips for getting colonies healthy for winter (feeding, combining, rearranging frames)
October 5: October Management and Q&A
Topics will include fall oxalic acid treatment and winter readiness preparation
November 9: November Management and Q&A
Topics will include wrapping the hives for winter and understanding fall and winter colony loss
Contact information
Program contact:
Jessica Helgen
ma-bees@umn.edu
https://beelab.umn.edu/mentoring-apiary
Registration help:
ext-reg@umn.edu