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February thru April 2013

Bee Building at Topsifield, Ma. Fairgrounds

Bee School is Full!

Other possibilities are to contact other county Bee Associations, Local Bee Supply Dealers, or North Shore Community College.  A list of other local Beekeeping Schools follows:

North Shore Community College
Danvers Campus
978-236-1200
Thursday’s 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.  - March 1 through April 12
Crystal Bee Supply
18 Lake Street
Peabody, MA 01960
978-535-1622
Mondays 7 pm to 9 - March 5 through April 9,
Saturday’s 2 pm to 4 pm - March 3 through April 7
Acton-Boxboro Adult Education
978-266-2525
Saturday's 9 am to 11 am - Starts January 25th
Tyngsboro Recreation Center
978-649-2300  Ext 150
Sunday's 5 pm to 7 pm - Starts Feb. 19th
Beekeepers' Warehouse
1 Sullivan St. Woburn, MA 01801
781-935-6090
Class 1 – Thursday 5 pm to 9 pm - March 8th
Class 2 – Saturday 10 am to 2 pm - March 10th
The Food Project
555 Dudley Street, Boston
BEE SCHOOL
Eight sessions over two days:
Sunday, January 29, 2012and Sunday, February 19, 2012 9:30am-5:00pm
Cost: $125 members/ $145 non-members
http://www.nofamass.org/programs/extensionevents/beekeeping.php"

Practical Beekeeping: Essex County Beekeepers' Association is offering a nine week course for beginning beekeepers and others with an interest in bees. Practical Beekeeping is an introductory level course designed to provide students, with no previous knowledge or experience with beekeeping, the necessary information and skills to keep honeybees and produce honey and beeswax. The course will include instruction on bee biology, required equipment, setting up bee hives, acquiring and installing bees, managing bees through the seasons, harvesting bee products, local bee supply dealers, a workshop on building bee equipment, and will culminate with one field session working with live honeybees. Check the web site for updates and course syllabus.

Hive PartsHive opening

One on One

If you have any special needs please notify ECBA in writing at the address below, no later than January 27, 2013. For additional information please write to:

Essex County Beekeepers' Association
Attn. Bee School
P.O.Box 10
Topsfield, MA 01983-0010.
You may also email Bee School Chairman.

Bee School weather cancellation policy

To see if class is canceled:
  • click on CALENDAR. If the class is canceled, it will be marked in orange and show the word canceled.
  • check radio station WBZ AM 1030 or North Shore Community College.
    If N.S.C.C. has canceled, Bee School is canceled.
  • check the message on the Bee School phone answering machine at 978-887-6100.