Beekeeping "Short Course" Each Spring

Please note: the Spring 2012 Short Course is already full. To get priority for Spring 2013, consider joining us today!

BUMBA offers a low cost Short Course on Bee Biology and Beekeeping Basics each Spring. Learn how to set up your own backyard hive, manage bees, how to harvest honey and pollen, and learn about basic bee biology and behavior and their importance to the world we live in.

Experienced club members answer your questions and field days give hands-on training—putting together a hive, installing a package of bees, and maintaining the bee colony. Club members volunteer to mentor new beekeepers, helping throughout the year to ensure you have the support to make beekeeping a fun and enjoyable hobby.

Classes include text books for students to keep, refreshments, and door prizes. A new hive is the Grand Prize to a raffle winner. Become a member and be first in line for next year's sessions!

Class meetings take place from 7:30 PM until 10:00 PM on selected Thursday nights at the Watkins Park Nature Center, 301 Watkins Park Drive in Largo, Maryland. 2012 sessions begin in early March and run through April, with a field day that month.

Directions to the Watkins Park Nature Center:

From Route 301 or I-495 take Central Ave. (Rte 214) to the intersection with Enterprise Rd. (Rte 193). Turn south onto Watkins Park Dr. and go a half mile to the park. Follow the road all the way to the back to the Nature Center. For information about the Nature Center, please call 301-218-6702

For further information contact:

Beekeeping Class
(410) 279-3086
beefriend@verizon.net