Classes & Workshops
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Held south of Three Points, AZ. ph. 520-240-0532
Workshop - Beekeeping 101
1 day workshop, 6 hours long. Starts at 9am. Breaks at noon for lunch, either bring your own or visit one of the restaurants in Three Points, resumes at 1pm until 4pm.
We hold this class at our apiary South of Three Points for the safety of the community. We will be seeing the difference (hands on) between an Africanized Hybrid Hive and an European one. This class comes with continued hands on education (Sundays in the Apiary) and phone mentorship at no charge. By taking a class from a third generation beekeeper you are gaining the knowledge to assist you from potentially making costly mistakes causing bee deaths and/or harm to people and animals.
Space limited to 6 persons per class. Class fee is $150. You can choose to pay the full amount or hold your space by choosing 1/2 down with remainder due at the class by clicking on the drop down tab below. Ages 10-17 are half price when accompanied by an adult.
Workshop - Leave a Beekeeper
Learn about bees, becoming a beekeeper PLUS take home a nuc of 5 deep frames with bees and a 2022 queen.
1 day workshop, 6 hours long. Starts at 9am. Breaks at noon for lunch, either bring your own or visit one of the restaurants in Three Points, resumes at 1pm until 4pm.
Price includes a one year membership to the Southern Arizona Beekeepers Association
http://southernazbeekeepers.org/
Workshop - Advanced Beekeeping
Working with Africanized Hives, Requeening, Making Splits, Spotting Failing Queens, Prevent Swarming, Banking Queens, Quality and genetics of Queens, Fixing Laying Workers, Diseases & Pests: AFB, EFB, Chalk Brood, PMS more on mites! Honey extraction and bottling, wax processing, pollen collection, propolis collection, making your own protein patties, queen candy, sugar boards and more!
Beekeeping 101 class or equivalent experience required prior to Advanced workshop. Class starts at 9am and is held south of Three Points, AZ. Prepare for an all day experience, bring your lunch or visit one of the local restaurants midday.
Show me the Honey
All about HONEY
The history of honey. How bees make honey. Honey benefits. Honey facts, including adulteration & crystallization. Cooking with honey, including how to pair honeys with different foods.
Attendees get to taste test honey from 12 different floral sources.
Class size limited to 6. See drop down tab for dates, from held from 1pm to 4pm. You can also book this for a family or gathering at your location, please email Monica for more information.
YEAR LONG Beekeeping Course
$65 per month. Prepay or pay on arrival (just message or email that you will be attending). This course is held once a month on the third Saturday (fourth Saturday in July) at 1:30pm. Especially designed for what is happening in the hives that month! Classroom & Hands on experience to take home and apply to your own colonies. This is especially helpful to those that only have one hive and need to have other hives to compare to. We will discuss and treat for Mites, pollen & nectar sources, how and when to feed, how and when to harvest honey, dearths & overwintering, robbing, laying worker, when to requeen, requeening european and africanized hives, swarm prevention, when to reduce hives and when to increase the size of a hive, preventing wax worms and much more. All information pertinent to that particular month. Holidays may interrupt class scheduling, if that occurs attendees will be notified of a different date for that month. Class participants will be eligible to win a prize from a drawing held each month. Participants also get to check out books from our library to be returned the next month to encourage Q&A period after each class. If you miss a class you may roll over to next month. Prerequisite Beekeeping 101 class or equivalent experience.
Sustainable Beekeeping - The Prepared Beekeeper
A presentation on fully sustainable beekeeping practices. Worried about the economy or other event that fully disrupts our supply chain? Monica will discuss areas where money can be saved, what plants to grow that yield the highest forage for both man and bee, prepping beehives for emergencies, last resort mite treatments and general beekeeping in a grid down scenario.
Workshop - Overwintering Honeybees in Arizona
Learn about feral bee winter habits, mites, feeding techniques including different feeders. Learn how to make your own protein supplement, and take a sample home to your hives. Open feeding and issues with robbing. Wax worms and comb storage and more! Workshop held from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Choose dates from drop down list.
Gift Card
Have a friend you would like to do something special for? Gift cards are good towards any product or service, including classes and bee removals.
Coming soon.....
ANNUAL SPRING BEEKEEPING CAMP - 7 days being a beekeeper. Stay on the farm.
homesteading businesses - making $$
animal husbandry
gardening growing / permaculture
using herbs
homestead canning and preserving - fermenting, pickling, dehydrating
homestead kitchen skills
hunting
foraging
frugal living for off grid
energy
sewing/mending
arts & crafts from the homestead
water
survival
soap making
candle making
propolis class
making natural lotions and lipbalms
making natural home cleaning products
Speaking / Lectures
1) European vs Africanized Bees
2) Importance of Bees
3) Luring bees to your garden
4) Preventing bees from establishing homes in unwanted places
5) Difference between Wasps and Honeybees
6) What to do (and not do) if you encounter a feral hive
Speaker fees for local groups start at $75.
