Practical Beekeeping

Cost: $225-$480, optional credit

Dates

• Mondays, Feb. 10-May 5, 2025 (No class March 17 & 31) plus four Saturday field trips

Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Location: On campus

Credit: Optional 1 or 2 units for additional fee

With Dick LaForge & Jeannine Kaprielian, Beekeepers

In this class, you will gain skills you need to  keep honeybees for honey, pollination, other hive products, and enjoyment.

You will learn about honeybee biology, beekeeping equipment, and management techniques.

You will have the opportunity to buy bees.

Required textbook: Beekeeping for Dummies, 5th edition, 2020, by Howland Blackiston.

Register by Feb. 5.

Class #: 23893

See the other beekeeping class offered: Bee Yard Experience, Sun., Feb. 16-May 4, 2025

Dick LaForge

Dick LaForge manages eight beehives near Freshwater. He produces on average six new colonies and several hundred pounds of honey each year. He has taught bee classes at Humboldt since 1998. He is at master level in the California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP).

Jeannine Kaprielian

Jeannine Kaprielian began beekeeping by taking Practical Beekeeping in 2009. She has an apiary on her small farm in the Hoopa Valley. She also keeps bees on several coastal sites, giving her insight into specific issues facing both inland and coastal beekeepers. Jeannine is at Master level in the California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP).