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Extension Service Offering Beekeeping In The Panhandle Short Course
March 3, 2015
The UF/IFAS Extension Panhandle Agriculture Team is offering a beekeeping short- curse in March. These classes will be offered via interactive video at extension offices across the Panhandle.
Classes will be taught by Jamie Ellis, Ph.D., and other state and nationally recognized experts from the University of Florida Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab and the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Bureau of Plant and Apiary Inspection.
Classes are Mondays from 6-8 p.m. with a Saturday morning bee yard field day 9 a.m. to noon. Each presentation will be followed by an interactive question & answer period.
- March 9: Honey Bee Biology, Anatomy, & Hive Structure
- March 16: Bee Nutrition and Bee Botany (Identification of Nectar Plants)
- March 21: Bee-Yard Field-Day – A hands on learning opportunity!
- March 23: Important Pest and Diseases – Identification and Management
Registration for all four classes is $20 per person, or $30 for a family. This fee covers course materials and refreshments. To register, call (850) 475-5230 in Escambia County, or (850) 623-3868 in Santa Rosa County.
Escambia County classes will be held at 3740 Stefani Road in Cantonment, while Santa Rosa County classes will be held at 6263 Dogwood Drive in Milton.
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This is a great class for anyone that is even considering getting into beekeeping. The days are gone when you could put a bee hive in the yard and ignore it until the honey was ready to harvest, because there are imported pests that will destroy a hive if not treated. Also there are Florida Dept. of Agriculture permitting and inspection requirements that need to be met even by a one or two colony beekeeper. A great deal of the agricultural production in this area depends on bees for pollination, so anybody that gets into beekeeping is not only getting they honey they produce, but they are doing a service for the fruit and vegetable producers in the area. We need to protect and preserve our bees to assure reliable food production.
The dreaded, beekeeper short curse! Oh my.