Beginning Beekeepers Workshop
Is beekeeping on your bucket list? If you share certain traits: a love for animals, curiosity about nature and living organisms, an interest in plants and gardening, and have thought of learning more about beekeeping, then plan to attend Mason Valley Beekeepers’ one day introduction to Beekeeping workshop on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 at the Jeanne Dini Cultural Center, 120 N. California St., Yerington, from 8:00 a.m. until 4 p.m.
This workshop is focused and designed for individuals with little or no beekeeping experience. Topics included, but not limited to, are: honey bee Biology, hive equipment and supplies, getting bees, hive management, pests and diseases, products from the hive as well as an overview of a beekeeper’s year.
The cost for the workshop is $30 per adult and a student rate is $15. Lunch, snacks and printed resource materials will be provided. Please visit the masonvalleybeekeepers.org website here to register or call 775-463-1604 or 775-463-2757 for additional information.