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February thru April 2015

Bee Building at Topsifield, Ma. Fairgrounds

Bee School Contact information mailto:beeschool@essexcountybeekeepers.org

2015 Bee School is now full and no longer accepting applications.

Other Bee Schools

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. - Feb 26 through April 2	Crystal Bee Supply 18 Lake Street Peabody, MA 01960 978-535-1622 http://www.crystalbeesupply.com/Beekeeping--Education.html
Acton-Boxboro Adult Education 978-266-2525 Saturday's 9 am to 11 am - Starts January 24th	New England Beekeeping Supplies Tyngsboro Recreation Center (978)-957-2233 http://www.nebees.com/schools.php
Beekeepers' Warehouse 1 Sullivan St. Woburn, MA 01801 781-935-6090	The Food Project 555 Dudley Street, Boston 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 opening

If you have any special needs please notify ECBA in writing @ ECBA Attn: Bee School, PO Box 10, Topsfield, MA 01983-0010 no later than January 30, 2015.
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.