Private Beekeeping

$100

In-person

Various to complete

Overview

Interested in booking a session? Please connect with our course instructor Cahit Ozturk to craft your beekeeping experience by email (Cahit.Ozturk@asu.edu) or cell phone (480-434-9242).


Location

Honey Bee Research Lab

ASU Polytechnic Campus

6858 E Old Pecos Road

Mesa, AZ 85212


Private beekeeping sessions are priced at $100 per hour.

About this course

Topics that can be covered are shown below:


Basic Beekeeping Class Topics:

  • Introduction to Beekeeping.
  • Hobby Beekeeping.
  • Essential beekeeping instruction.
  • Assembling hives and installing colonies.
  • Introduction to protective gear.
  • Proper techniques for handling bees.
  • Introduction of a new queen to the colony.
  • Colony Management.
  • Monitoring hive health.
  • Identifying and preventing common issues.

 

Intermediate Beekeeping Class Topics:

  • Professional colony Management.
  • Swarm prevention and management.
  • Splitting colonies.
  • Uniting colonies.
  • Bee Health and Disease Control
  • Recognizing signs of diseases.
  • Implementing disease prevention strategies.
  • Harvesting Hive Products(Honey, Pollen, Propolis, Royal Jelly, Beeswax, Bee venom, etc.
  • Timing and techniques for honey extraction.
  • Beekeeping equipment and their usage techniques

 

Advanced Hive Manipulations:

  • Advanced apiary management.
  • Pollination services.
  • Queen Rearing.
  • Understanding the role of the queen in the hive.
  • Focus on specific types of beekeeping (e.g., organic beekeeping, urban beekeeping).
  • Addressing challenges unique to each specialization.
  • Implementing advanced techniques for hive manipulation.
  • Bee Breeding and Genetics.
  • Selective breeding for desirable traits.
  • Business in Beekeeping. 

Private beekeeping sessions are priced at $100 per hour.

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