Practical Beekeeping

Cost: $185

Dates

• Mon., Feb. 10-May 5 (no classes March 17 & 31), 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: In person: On campus

With Dick La Forge & Jeannine Kaprielian, Master Beekeepers:

Gain skills to keep honeybees for honey, pollination, other hive products, and enjoyment. 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 February 5.

Dick La Forge

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).