2025 Beginner Beekeeping School

🐝 Want to Learn How to Keep Bees? Join Our Beekeeping Class! 🐝

Do you love honey bees and want to help protect them? Or maybe you’ve always dreamed of starting your own hive in your backyard? Now’s your chance! 🌿🐝

Our Beekeeping 101 Class is coming up, and we’re here to teach you everything you need to know about honey bee biology, the vital role bees play in our environment and food supply, and how YOU can become a beekeeper! 🐝🍯

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Bee Biology & Importance: Why bees are essential to our world 🌍
• Beekeeping Basics: Start your own hive, right in your backyard! 🏡
• Hands-On Learning: After a classroom session, we’ll head to the apiary for real-life experience – light a smoker, inspect live hives, and more! 🔥🐝
• Year-Round Learning: Once you’re a club member, join our weekly apiary days to learn about splits, honey harvests, mite treatments, and more! 🌱🍯

Bonus: Receive a copy of The Beekeeper’s Handbook (2021 edition) to help you connect the dots as we dive deeper into the world of bees! 📚

Special Opportunity: Want to take your beekeeping to the next level? You can also take the written and practical tests for the Certified Master Beekeeper Program (NC Beekeepers Association) after the class! 🏅

Details: 📅 When: March 15th | 8 AM – 5 PM (lunch break included)
📍 Where: Wilson County Agricultural Center, 1806 Goldsboro St S SW, Wilson, NC
💵 Cost: $75 per person (includes the book, 2025 club membership, & lunch)
👦 Kids (15 & under): $15 with a paying adult
🛑 Deadline to cancel: March 1, 2025 (refund available)

Get ready for an exciting adventure in the world of beekeeping! 🐝💛

Sign up today – spaces are limited!

Learn more and sign up: https://wilsonbeekeepers.org/beginner-beekeeping-school/