Beekeeping Series: Building a Relationship with Bees & Planning the Care of a Honeybee Hive

Description

Instructor: Ang Roell

Pronounds: they/them/their

Date: Saturday, July 31, 2021 & Saturday, August 7th, 2021

Duration: 4 hours each day

Class Hours: 9:30 am to 1:30 PM EST each session

Location: 80 Bassett Road, Shelburne MA 01370

Cost (includes materials): $160 – $240 sliding scale

# of Students: 8

Ang Roell (they/them/their) is the owner of They Keep Bees in Montague MA.  Ang has taught beekeeping at the University of Massachusetts and traditional food ways courses at the Franklin County House of Corrections.

Program Description

Participants will leave this class with a plan outlining the tools, materials and care strategies necessary to begin keeping honeybees.  Both classes will be made up of lecture, hands on experience with honeybees and research/planning. 

Session 1: Saturday, July 31, 2021
Building A Relationship with Honeybees
Everything you need to know to get started with bees from materials and tools to how to acquire and install your hive.  

Session 2: Saturday, August 7th, 2021
Planning and Care of the Honeybee Hive
Everything you need to know about the cycle of expansion and contraction the honeybee hive goes through and how to prepare your hive for the shifting seasons where you are. 

Want to learn even more? Register for three additional online classes in They Keep Bees Virtual Bee School!

Please contact us with any questions at office@fabric-of-life.org.

Our sliding scale fee allows us to keep these programs accessible to a wide range of individuals. The ‘admirer’ option covers the cost of the instructor fee, program support, marketing, and administration. The ‘friend’ option covers all of this and allows for a small profit margin to be contributed towards sustaining Fabric of Life programming for next year. The ‘enthusiast’ option covers all of this and allows for us to begin to sustain Fabric of Life programming for generations to come.

FOL will refund 90% of your fee if you cancel more than 30 days before the beginning of the program. 10% will be retained for administrative services. Cancellation with less than 30 days notice will automatically be rolled over as a credit for another program of your choice within the next year from the date of the original program. FOL will maintain the funds and carry them forward once you determine what program you would like to utilize them for. If there is a balance after paying for the second program, it will not be refunded. If a program does not run due to circumstances beyond our control, participants will receive a full refund of the fees paid.