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The class of 2008 is underway.

Practical Beekeeping: Essex County Beekeepers' Association offers 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. The course includes instruction on bee biology, required equipment, setting up bee hives, acquiring and installing bees, managing bees through the seasons, harvesting honey and bees wax, local bee supply dealers, a workshop on building bee equipment, and culminates with one field session working with live honeybees.

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Registration: Registration will begin at 6:30 pm the first night of class, Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Classes will be held on Tuesday evenings from Feb 26th through April 22’th  in the Beekeeping Building at the Topsfield Fairgrounds, Route 1, Topsfield, MA. Classes run from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm. Snow cancellations will be based on North Shore Community College’s announcment broadcast on WBZ AM 1030. If cancelled, registration will be on Tuesday, Mar 4th, 2008 at 6:30 pm. You may print out the Registration Form and bring it to class.

Tuition: Tuition payable the first night of class, will be $55.00 per person/family (maximum 2 people/family - minimum age 12 years) and includes one textbook, supplemental handouts, and refreshments. Class size is limited to the first 60 students. If you have any special needs please notify ECBA in writing at the address below, no later than January 1, 2008. 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 978-887-1030.