Preparing Honey Bee Colonies for Winter
November 6, 2024. 6PM-9PM $35. ($15 for young people ages 16-20)
While this is not an introductory beekeeping class, it is suitable for new beekeepers as well as those with years of experience. I will cover the condensing colony management system in detail, as well as offer tips and advice for successful year-round beekeeping, including feeding, treating, and swarm management. Getting your bees ready for winter starts in January! You will learn methods to not only get your bees ready and through winter, but how to manage them year-round with the overall goal of successful overwintering. You will walk away with a greater knowledge of honey bee biology and best management practices to become a more successful beekeeper. There will be door prizes as well as time at the end for Q&A. This talk is great for beekeepers of all levels, but non-beekeepers are also welcome!
As part of the Hampton Bays High School Adult Ed Program.
Registration
Registration is processed on a first come, first served basis and can be completed in the following manner:
IN PERSON: Room 20A High School 8-2:35 using form in brochure. Please use one form per course and a separate check for each course.
BY MAIL: Fill out the registration form, and send it to the address below.
HB Community & Continuing Education
88 East Argonne Road
Hampton Bays, New York 11946
(631) 723-2110 ext. 3208
Class given by Deborah Klughers.
A native of Hampton Bays, Deborah Klughers is a Certified Eastern Apicultural Society(EAS) Master Beekeeper and the owner of Bonac Bees LLC, a full-service apiculture and apitherapy company. She is the largest female beekeeper on Long Island and manages about 100 honey bee colonies at over 35 locations on the south fork of Long Island for both her own award-winning honey and hive product production, and for clients on estates and organic farms. Deborah has won numerous ribbons at local, national, and international honey shows including the Grand Champion Reserve Award at the 2023 Honey Bee Expo and a three-time winner of the coveted Sweepstakes Award at the Eastern Apicultural Society Honey Show. Deborah offers lectures and demonstrations, at national and international beekeeping conferences as well as at local libraries, schools, garden and civic organizations and more. She presented original research internationally (at Apimondia) and locally at Hofstra University symposium. She mentors’ beekeepers of all levels and especially enjoys working with children. A passionate advocate for honey bees, Deborah captures and relocates honey bee swarms and also performs cutouts. She recently received a US trademark for her Coddle a Colony program.
Deborah holds a master's degree in Marine Conservation and Policy, and a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies, both from Stony Brook University. She is passionate about the marine realm, and is a PADI Certified Rescue Diver. She enjoys nature, animals, art, growing plants, and making stuff...and especially loves bees. Deborah is also a very proud parent of four amazing humans and two frisky cats.
Three other class will be offered!
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November 13, 2024. 7PM-9PM $25.
How Are the Bees Doing?
How are the bees doing? Join Deborah to learn the answer to a question she receives all the time. There will be a brief introduction to honey bees followed by the challenges they face, and what the commercial beekeepers, researchers, government, hobby beekeepers, charities, and the public are doing to help, or hurt honey bees. Participants will learn the current events in the honey bee world and what they can do to make a difference. Suitable for non-beekeepers and beekeepers of all levels
December 4, 2024. 6PM-9PM $35. ($15 for young people ages 16-20)
Beekeeping Tools and Tips
From installing bees to overwintering and everything in between, learn the tools and tips of the trade for year-round colony management from an EAS Certified Master Beekeeper. You will also learn how to make an all-in-one honey decrystalizing cabinet, bees wax renderer, and candle warming cabinet. How to make a super sterilizer to sterilize bee boxes and frames ( also useful for rendering beeswax) as well as how to make a 55-gallon sugar syrup mixer will be discussed. This talk is great for beekeepers of all levels, but non-beekeepers are also welcome! If you have attended this class in the past, new tips as well as many large devices you can mane have been added. There will be door prizes as well as time at the end for Q&A.
December 11, 2024. . 6PM-9PM $35. ($15 for young people ages 16-20)
Value Added Products from the Hive for Health and Wealth
Honey bees and the products of their hives have been used by humans for thousands of years. The decline of honey bee colonies in America has been widely publicized, and with that, a growing interest in honey bees and hive products has grown dramatically. Honey and beeswax are the best-known hive products, and can be marketed as a primary product or as an ingredient in a multitude of secondary products. Honey, beeswax, honey bees, bee larvae, bee venom, propolis, royal jelly, queen bees, hive air, and even wax moths can be marketed to a variety of end users. These products can be used as a food or food ingredient; as a nutritional supplement; in cosmetics and personal care products; in folk medicine or the pharmaceutical industry; as an art material; in household goods; for environmental monitoring; for agriculture use; in primary and secondary research, for manufacturing purposes; and also, in beekeeping. High quality hive products not only impart greater benefits to the producer and consumer of these products, but also command a higher price, which can increase apiary revenue and expand business opportunities for the beekeeper and non-beekeeper alike. Beekeeping techniques for producing high quality hive products, recipes and sources for recipes to make a variety of value-added products, marketing and promotional tips for these products, as well as the health benefits of these products to the consumer will be presented in a fun and fast paced lecture format. This talk is great for beekeepers of all levels, but non-beekeepers are also welcome! There will be door prizes as well as time at the end for Q&A.
