Beginner Beekeeping Class
Saturday, March 24, 1-3 p.m. Oak Creek Commons 635 Nicklaus St.
Paso Robles
Led by Erin Holden: We’ll discuss the basics of keeping bees; hive design and equipment, procuring bees, bee hierarchy, honey harvest and pest management.
To pre-register, text Erin at: 805-720-5992
Fee: $20 for CCBA club members. Will accept venmo. $15 club dues for 2018 – cash only please.
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48 hours in advance, brood is shaken free of bees and moved above a QE. The frames will be queenless, but heavily attended by nurse bees. Eggs above the excluder age out, so queencells won’t complicate the introduction of a mated queen.
Frames are pulled and arranged in boxes. One open comb, one pollen frame, two brood frames, one honey frame. Brood frames go in the center of the nuc.
. Cages are kept corked for 2-3 days, and then the candy cork is opened. A further 2 days allows the hive to open the candy. Only at day 5-6 is a passage through the candy drilled.