Beekeeping throughout the year is a variable process.
Piedmont North Carolina Beekeeping Calendar
Fitting annual apiary duties with the rest of your life can be tricky. NC State Apiary Inspector Nancy Ruppert has given us a helpful list of what can be expected throughout the year for beekeepers in the Piedmont. Those outside of central North Carolina will need to adjust for local conditions.
Feb 7, 2019
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Watauga County Beginning Beekeeping Class
February 7-28, 2019
7 Classes
Tuesday and Thursday, 6-8 PM
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Watauga Campus
372 Community College Drive
Boone, NC 28607
$21 per person, includes book and registration fees
Contact Continuing Education and Workforce Development Department Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, Monday - Thursday 8 am - 8 pm and Friday, 8 am - 5 pm at 828.726.2242.
Sponsored by the Watauga County Beekeepers.
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Moore County Beginning Beekeeping Class
February 7 to March 28, 2019
8 weeks to include two apiary classes
Thursday Evenings, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Sandhills Community College
3395 Airport Rd
Pinehurst, NC 28374
$75 per person
Sponsored by the Moore County Beekeepers.
The course is taught using information in the book “Beekeeping For Dummies.” Two classes will be in a local apiary with training on putting equipment together and in lighting smokers. We will also do live demonstrations on how to approach a hive, procedures for opening and manipulating frames of bees and how to inspect the hive. A second class in the apiary will have students demonstrating the things that instructors were doing in the first apiary class.
For information, contact Hugh Madison at 910-639-3565 or sunnyvuebeefarms@aol.com.
To register, contact Sandhills Community College at 910-695-3980.
Upcoming Bee Schools
- 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Feb 12, 2019 – Johnston County Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Feb 12, 2019 – Tar River (Greenville) Beginning Beekeeper Class
- 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Feb 16, 2019 – Buncombe County Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 9:00 am – 12:30 pm, Feb 16, 2019 – Granville County Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Feb 16, 2019 – Harnett County Beginner Beekeeping Course
- 9:15 am – 5:00 pm, Feb 16, 2019 – Caldwell County Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Feb 19, 2019 – Beaufort County Beekeeping 101 Class
- 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Feb 23, 2019 – Wake County Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Feb 27, 2019 – Franklin County Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mar 2, 2019 – Smoky Mountain Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Mar 4, 2019 – New Hanover Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, Mar 7, 2019 – Neuse Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mar 9, 2019 – Wilson County Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 8:30 am – 4:00 pm, Mar 9, 2019 – Cashie Beekeepers Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 8:30 am – 4:00 pm, Mar 9, 2019 – Macon County Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Mar 16, 2019 – Yadkin County Beginning Beekeeping Class
- All day, Mar 23, 2019 – Burke County Beginning Beekeeping School
- 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Mar 30, 2019 – Jackson County Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, Apr 6, 2019 – Richmond County Beginning Beekeeping Class
- 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Apr 27, 2019 – MBP Spring Testing