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Workshops

These workshops aims to improve the confidence and competence of  the beekeeper. This is not a one size fit all course – we will not be teaching specific manipulations – but we will teach best beekeeping practice and a number of underlying skills that every beekeeper should know, such as queen finding, splitting a hive, swarm management and hive manipulations of large colonies and difficult colonies, disease inspection, and colony destruction. Hands-on activities are key to these workshops, as is discussion of planning, options, and contingencies.

Welcome to our Workshops.

Course overview

This workshop includes hands-on training on a number of important topics related to beekeeping, including opening and inspecting the colonies. spliting a hive, swarm prevention and caputure. In this workshop we will show best beekeeping practices in hive management and everything that you should be doing as a beekeeper in PNW. 

CAUTION: As you will be working around live honeybee colonies, please remember to wear light-colored and smooth-textured clothing, as dark-colored, textured and woolly clothing can aggravate the bees. Please refrain from using perfume or hair gel and keep jewelry to a minimum. Warmer weather means more active bees! We strongly encourage attendees to bring whatever beekeeping protective clothing that you fgeel comfortable in.

Course Fees: FREE

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Pending Course Fees

  • Registration Fee: $15.00
  • WASBA Beekeepers Association Members: $10.00
  • Woods Bee Co. Members: Free
  • Cancellation Fee: Non Refundable

Who Should Attend

Whether you are completely new to beekeeping or already have a few years as an apiarist under your belt, you will gain valuable insights from our experienced instructors and their combined knowledge.

Our students come from all walks of life, but they leave with one thing in common: a newfound confidence to care for their hives and pursue their passion for beekeeping.

Student Reviews

  • “This was a great workshop; I am very excited about putting into action everything I learned here; I feel pretty confident I can do it!”
  • “Gives very good foundational information so that I feel comfortable doing beekeeping.”
  • “I have already recommended thess workshops [to others]. I thought it was a great, thorough shops for beginners and achieved in making me feel confident as a beekeeper.”
  • “I came into this workshop having no beekeeping experience or knowledge. This information I learned will be very useful as I continue my beekeeping journey.”
  • “I think these workshops are great if you’re interested in beekeeping.”
  • “After taking Alan and Bev’s workshops I finally got my bees through the winter.”
  • “Excellent beekeepers and people.”
  • “If you have any interest in bees or beekeeping, contact Woods Bee Co. for their workshops.”