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Intermediate Beekeeping

February 4 @ 6:00 pm - March 11 @ 8:30 pm

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| $160,270
Honeybee on pink flower

When: Tuesdays, February 4 – March 4, 2025 (Snow Date March 11, 2025)

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m
Where: UMaine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth, Maine (Directions)
Cost: Single registration = $160
Household registration for 2 (1 book) = $270

The Cumberland County Intermediate Beekeeping Course is designed to help beekeepers with two or more years of experience attain the next level of apiary management. This course focuses on sustainable beekeeping techniques and strategies that work with the bees natural instincts while still incorporating the beekeepers goals for success. The course will dive deeper into the following subjects: seasonal colony management, queens and queen rearing, swarm management, apiary development, colony and apiary health, harvest and production of items for sale.

Instructor: EAS Certified Master Beekeeper Erin Evans.

The $160 fee and $270 fee includes the cost of one textbook and a Queen Marking Tube and Cage for each participant.

Details

Start:
February 4 @ 6:00 pm
End:
March 11 @ 8:30 pm
Series:
Cost:
$160,270
Website:
https://extension.umaine.edu/cumberland/agriculture/beekeeping/

Organizer

Jason Lilley
Phone
207.781.6099
Email
jason.lilley@maine.edu

Venue

Cumberland County Extension Office
75 Clearwater Dr. Suite 104
Falmouth, ME 04105 United States
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Phone
207.781.6099