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$475

Available

Nature Studies
Brasstown
Weekend
Ages
18yr+
Jul
31
Fri
-
Aug
2
Sun
PM
04:00
-
PM
12:00
Schedule Type Title: Every Day of the Week
Schedule Description: Daily
Sessions: 3
Session Hours: 3.00
Program Area: Nature Studies, Homesteading
Instructor: Katie Goodman
Studio/Location: Lower Keith
Student Materials: Please bring the following: -Your own protective gear. Blue Ridge Honey Company is a good company to buy from. -If you cannot purchase your equipment we do have limited equipment to borrow.
School Fee & Materials: -Cover tables with paper -Something to protect the floors when pouring wax and extracting. 5 gallon buckets and lids for honey collection. Sugar if they need feeding. Varroa medication for all colonies (order from Wayne’s if we’re out)
Instructor Materials: Personal protection, if needed. Smokers and smoker lighting material. Hive tools. Wax for wax crafts. Frames for frame building.
Equipment Needs: Apiary. Water hose for safety during smoker lighting and cleanup. Honey Extracting Equipment: Extractor, Double Screen, uncapping knife, 5gallon buckets with lids, Scratcher, Hive Butler or similar decapping tool. Lower Keith, this is a change from wet room and will require paper on tables, explanation to Katie about the new studio and orientation for doing honey harvesting. Bee yard upkeep is in transition. Susannah will be key contact for updates on any changes. Virginia Webb is retired and we will have a new spring beekeeping instructor who is awesome, Julie Mahood, who is willing to help with the bees and has great experience but lives in Atlanta. Katie talks with Julie and there are good connections to help the Folk School bees survive and thrive in the next 100 years to make honey for the craft shop and to use in Nature studies and cooking classes.
Skill Level: All Levels
Total Materials Fees: $20
Lower Keith
1 FOLK SCHOOL RD
BRASSTOWN, NC 28902-8008
Description

Thinking about becoming a beekeeper but not sure yet? Buzz into this class and touch on all aspects of appreciating and caring for honey bees throughout the year. Experience hive inspections, queen spotting, honey harvesting, and more with the Folk School hives. Leave this class with a good grasp on what it takes to keep bees healthy, wealthy in honey, and you, the wise!

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