Introduction to Beekeeping Workshop
1/28/2023
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Participants Check In |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Introductions (Luke Harvey) |
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Woodenware – Types of hives and equipment (Steve Schmidt) |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | BREAK |
| 10:10 – 11:00 | Getting bees, package installation, feeding (Steve Schmidt) |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Beekeeping Year-Month by Month (Ella Maxwell) |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30 – 1:00 | Diseases & Pests (Luke Harvey) Beeking & the law (TBD) Registering hive with State of IL Wildlife Prairie Park |
| 1:00 – 1:30 | Product of the hive, honey, safety (Steve Schmidt) |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | Bee Biology (Trudy Yazujian) |
| 2:00 – 2:25 | BREAK |
| 2:25 – 3:00 | Mentors Experience Q&A – (TBD) |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Questions from previous sessions, Open Q&A |
| 3:30 – 3:45 | Door prizes & closing (Luke & Sean) |