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2009 Session 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.

Hive PartsHive opening

One on One

Registration: Preregistration begins on January 23, 2009 and end February 7, 2009. To register print out the Registration Form and mail it along with a check for the full amount to the address provided below. Class size is limited and registration is conducted on a first come, first serve basis. All checks will be held until the first night of class and are not refundable. Walk-in registration is still welcome on the first night of class if space is still available, Monday, February 23, 2009 beginning at 6:30. Classes will be held on Monday evenings from February 23th through April 20st 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 our first class is canceled, we will resume registration on the next scheduled class, March 3rd.

Tuition: Tuition is $45.00 with an additional $10.00 due for a second family member (minimum of age 12 years accompanied by an adult). Tuition includes one textbook per family, supplemental handouts and refreshments. Class size is limited to the first 60 students. If class becomes full registrants tuition will be returned.

If you have any special needs please notify ECBA in writing at the address below, no later than January 24, 2009. 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.