Basic Beekeeping: A Three-Day Short Course

Start
February 16, 2019
End
February 23, 2019
Schedule
2 sessions
#1.
February 16, 2019, 8:30 AM 4:00 PM (EST)
#2.
February 23, 2019, 8:30 AM 4:00 PM (EST)
Location
Garibaldi Hall, Essex County Environmental Center, 621B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068
Spaces left
0

Registration

NJBA Member Course Registration – $130.00
Use this registration type if you are currently a member in good standing of an NJBA branch.
Non-member Course Registration – $155.00
If you are not currently a member of a New Jersey Beekeepers Association branch, please use this registration form. Be sure to indicate which of the 10 branches you are joining by selecting it from the drop-down list . Your fee includes a year's membership. You may register an additional family member residing at your address for $130.
Scholarship Recipient Registration
If you have applied for and been granted a scholarship to attend this course, use this registration type. The course registrar, Pat Gamsby, will provide you with the code required for this registration. You can email her at BJORNLASS@aol.com.

Registration is closed

Essex Branch Offers Three-Day "Basic Beekeeping" Short Course

“Basic Beekeeping: A Three-Day Short Course” will be held on Saturdays, February 16 & 23, 2019 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm at Garibaldi Hall, Essex County Environmental Center, 621B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068.The classroom snow date is March 2, 2019. The third day of class will be a hands-on Field Day, to be held in April 2019 at various area apiaries.

Basic Beekeeping is presented by the Essex County Beekeepers Society, http://ecbs.njbeekeepers.org/index.htm, a branch of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association (NJBA), with head instructor/coordinator Master Beekeeper Landi Simone. The class will cover everything beginning beekeepers need to know, from purchasing equipment to harvesting honey. The basics of disease and mite management will also be covered. The course fee for those who are not currently members of an NJBA branch is $155 per person, which includes NJBA membership in a branch of your choice, class materials, continental breakfast, and afternoon snack. The fee for NJBA members is $130. Scholarships for this course are available for full-time students ages 12-22.

For more information contact registrar Pat Gamsby at BJORNLASS@aol.com or at (973) 960-2997. Email is the preferred means of reaching Pat. Click here to register online: https://njba38.wildapricot.org/events.

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