The NCSBA offers many opportunities to improve your beekeeping skills.
Every year, NCSBA chapters conduct bee schools to help new beekeepers get on the right foot. The schools are varied, with prices ranging between free and $150, with varying schedules, and vary in their approach. Check around your location for the best fit.
Chapter Bee School Courses
If a chapter is not listed, the course may already have begun, no courses are being offered in that chapter, or that chapter has chosen not to be listed on the NCSBA web site. However, courses which have already begun are still listed on the calendar. If the date for a school has already past, you may want to contact the chapter directly to see when their next scheduled class will be or if you can join in on a course already started.
- Jan 6, 2026, 7:00 pm: Lincoln County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 10, 2026, 9:00 am: Beekeepers of the Neuse, Wayne County - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 13, 2026, 7:00 pm: Mecklenburg County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 13, 2026, 7:00 pm: Orange County, NC - Introduction to Beekeeping Course
- Jan 15, 2026, 6:30 pm: Durham County Beekeepers - Introduction to Beekeeping
- Jan 20, 2026, 6:30 pm: Burke County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 20, 2026, 7:00 pm: Wake County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 22, 2026, 6:00 pm: Sampson County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 22, 2026, 6:30 pm: Randolph County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 22, 2026, 7:00 pm: Cabarrus County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 24, 2026, All day: Union County Beekeepers - Journeyman Prep – Advanced 2-Day Course
- Jan 24, 2026, 8:00 am: Rutherford County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 26, 2026, All day: Henderson County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 26, 2026, 6:30 pm: Stanly County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 26, 2026, 7:00 pm: Gaston County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 30, 2026, 6:00 pm: Columbus County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 31, 2026, 8:00 am: Cumberland County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Jan 31, 2026, 8:30 am: Chatham County - Intermediate Beekeeping Class
- Jan 31, 2026, 9:00 am: Cleveland County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 2, 2026, 6:30 pm: Pender County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 2, 2026, 7:00 pm: Catawba Valley Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 6, 2026, 7:00 pm: Toe Cane Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 7, 2026, All day: Caldwell County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 7, 2026, 9:00 am: Stokes County Beekeepers Association - Beginner Beekeeping School
- Feb 14, 2026, All day: Iredell County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 14, 2026, 8:00 am: Crystal Coast Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 14, 2026, 2:00 pm: Forsyth County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 21, 2026, 8:30 am: Beaufort County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 21, 2026, 8:30 am: Five County Beekeepers - Beekeeping Basics for Beginners
- Feb 21, 2026, 8:30 am: Granville County Beekeepers - Granville Beginning Beekeeper Academy
- Feb 21, 2026, 9:00 am: Macon County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 28, 2026, All day: Person County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 28, 2026, 7:30 am: Johnston County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Feb 28, 2026, 9:00 am: Harnett County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Mar 14, 2026, 9:00 am: Yadkin County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
- Mar 21, 2026, 8:00 am: Wilson County Beekeepers - Beginning Beekeeping Class
On Demand Online Chapter Bee Schools
Add an NCSBA Chapter Bee School
NC State Apiculture Program Beekeeper Education & Engagement System (BEES)
BEES is an online resource for beekeepers at all levels offered by the NC State Apiculture Program. The system is entirely internet based and open to the public. The structure of the BEES network is broken into three ascending levels of difficulty (Beginner, Advanced, and Ambassador) and three general areas of content (honey bee biology, honey bee management, and the honey bee industry).
Enrollment is a la carte; you can pick and choose exactly which courses you want! There are no mandates or pre-requisites for taking any BEES course (you do not have to take one in order to take another). No prior experience necessary (or special equipment) Pick and choose individual topics/courses Learn at your own pace (30-day access, although majority of participants finish within the first week)
Learn more at https://www.ncsuapiculture.net/online-classes