Sacramento Beekeepers Association

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SACRAMENTO AREA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION CLASSES
Who can reap the benefits of these classes? First class training course content is designed for those attempting to explore beekeeping; you'll need not need prior experience nor have already decided you wish to handle bees. Whether you have taken other courses or have already been a beekeeper previously, our start and Advanced courses will undoubtedly be quite informative. They will allow you to know the way beekeeping practices are developing to keep speed with the increasing difficulties honey-bee colonies tend to be facing these days. More advanced techniques tend to be explained in detail when you look at the Advanced courses, which stress hands-on learning.
Our courses are taught by experienced beekeepers, considered experts in their industry:

• Serge Labesque shows beekeeping classes at Sonoma Community university, and it is the writer of several published articles emphasizing “minimalist” input and developing locally-adapted colonies. His monthly column, explaining innovative methods of managing his own hives, appears in several regional beekeeping updates.
• Randy Oliver is a commercial beekeeper into the Grass Valley area, and a factor to United states Bee Journal. In the own terms: “my writing is a food digestion associated with medical literature, pertaining it to my day-to-day hands-on experience and observations in my own 40+ yards of bees. Randy treats his hives with natural compounds, handling Varroa mite infestations with methodology created in his years of work.
• Bernardo Niño has-been dealing with honey bees for 8 many years and spent the past two as a Staff Research connect in the E.L. Niño Bee Lab when you look at the UC Davis Dept. of Entomology and Nematology. He serves as this program Supervisor for the Ca Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP), leads major area researches examining numerous facets of Varroa mite infestation on honey-bee health, supports multiple research projects, along with will teach and develops classes for the E.L. Niño Bee Lab and CAMBP.

Using another course from an alternate instructor is highly recommended. While there could be some redundancy, you’ll be exposed to a variety of methods, which can only help you decide on the way you want to handle your bees. Centered on feedback from numerous students, we advice that you simply take one or more classes before you will get your first bees, and a ‘repeat’ class after you’ve started. The info you get in another or even third-class has new meaning for you personally, and you’ll are able to find responses towards questions that undoubtedly occur as you begin or carry on your beekeeping journey.
CLASS INFORMATION:
Price: $45 per individual
Location: UC Cooperative Extension, 4145 Branch Center Path, Sacramento, CA 95827. This building is on Kiefer Blvd, just west of Bradshaw Rd, south of Hwy 50.
Time: Classes start at 8:30, and end at about 4:30pm. They truly are on Sat. or Sun.
When you have questions or need to terminate, e-mail