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Advanced
Queen Rearing Class - June 6, 2026 ONLY
Date: June 6, 2026
Time: 9 am - 4 pm
Location: Bemis Honey Bee Farm
Catered Lunch & Supplies Included
Join us for an educational, hands-on queen-rearing experience. EAS Certified Master Beekeeper, Richard Underhill teaches this class. The class includes lectures, hands-on grafting, and time in the bee yard. Supplies include a cell bar frame, a plastic grafting tool, queen cups, and a queen-rearing guidebook.
This course will involve our discussing the following topics: Biology of the reproductive members of the bee colony: the queen and drones; Arrangement of bee yards for queen rearing; Drone Concentration Areas; Timing of queen development and beekeeper’s activities; Evaluating queens and stock improvement; Establishing the required nucleus hives.
The class will also practice grafting queens using the Doolittle Method.
Items you may want to bring: Headlamp and handheld magnifying glass (for seeing into the cells), notebook, pen, and safety gear for the bee yard.
No refunds or exchanges for cancellations made less than 7 days prior to the date of the class.
(If you have special dietary needs, please get in touch with us a week before the class so that we may make adjustments.)
Queen Rearing Class - June 6, 2026 ONLY
Date: June 6, 2026
Time: 9 am - 4 pm
Location: Bemis Honey Bee Farm
Catered Lunch & Supplies Included
Join us for an educational, hands-on queen-rearing experience. EAS Certified Master Beekeeper, Richard Underhill teaches this class. The class includes lectures, hands-on grafting, and time in the bee yard. Supplies include a cell bar frame, a plastic grafting tool, queen cups, and a queen-rearing guidebook.
This course will involve our discussing the following topics: Biology of the reproductive members of the bee colony: the queen and drones; Arrangement of bee yards for queen rearing; Drone Concentration Areas; Timing of queen development and beekeeper’s activities; Evaluating queens and stock improvement; Establishing the required nucleus hives.
The class will also practice grafting queens using the Doolittle Method.
Items you may want to bring: Headlamp and handheld magnifying glass (for seeing into the cells), notebook, pen, and safety gear for the bee yard.
No refunds or exchanges for cancellations made less than 7 days prior to the date of the class.
(If you have special dietary needs, please get in touch with us a week before the class so that we may make adjustments.)
