Registration for Bee School 2025 is OPEN!

Registration opened on Jan 7, 2025 and closes on Jan 28, 2025

• For more information about the course and registration please keep reading below...

The Course: Practical Beekeeping

The Essex County Beekeepers' Association is offers a nine week course for beginning beekeepers and others with an interest in bees. It runs from February - April each year.

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 includes 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

what you need to get and where to purchase

We demonstrate an installation of live bees in a hive, as new beekeepers will typically do. Check the web site for updates.

• Registration Info - everything you need to know about signing up for Bee School and a link to sign up. Be sure to read all the details! (2025)

To register and pay for the course, visit the ECBA Online Store

• FAQS - answers to common Bee School questions. (2025)
• Syllabus - to give you an idea of how the course runs. (2024)
• Contact Bee School: beeschool@essexcountybeekeepers.org