New Workshops for 2012!

Practical Beekeeping for Beginners - Hosted by Gavin North

Always wanted to keep honey bees?  Anyone can do it – almost anywhere.  Learn the basics, from building the beehive to harvesting honey. 

This series of 5 all day workshops will be held at Honey Pie Farm and other locations in Prince Edward County, Ontario.  Honey Pie’s Head Drone Gavin North has been keeping bees in the County for about 12 years.

Some of the topics we will discuss include:

March 25 (Sunday 9am-4pm)

Build your own beehive – top to bottom.  Spring preparations.  We will order all of the materials for you unless you have your own already.

May 20 (Sunday 9am-4pm)

Spring hive inspection.  Installing a nucleus of bees. 

June 24 (Sunday 9am-4pm)

Tour of the hive.  Catching swarms/swarm prevention.

August 26 (Sunday 9am-4pm)

Honey harvest: Uncapping and extracting honey.  Fall mite treatments.

September 23 (Sunday 9am-4pm)

Winterizing the hives.  Mead making.  About Beeswax.

Fees

$100.00 (+ HST) per workshop

$450.00 (+HST) for all five workshops - deadline for discounted rate is March 9, 2012.

If you wish to bring along a family member they can take the course for 1/2 price.

Prices for equipment & nuclei are extra (optional) 

We will order supplies and bees for you as a group. 

Cost of a 4 frame nucleus of bees is $190 - to be picked up at the May workshop

Cost of beehive parts is approx. $200 - to be built at the March workshop

Other supplies you will need are hat and veil, gloves, hive tool, smoker.  We can order these for you if you don't have them.

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Weekly in Toronto! 

We're at the Green Barns Farmers Market in Toronto, Ontario on Saturdays from 8AM-1PM.  This year-round market is on Christie just south of St. Clair. 

Also, on Saturdays we're at the Evergreen Brickworks Farmers Market from 9AM-1PM.  This year round farmers market is at 550 Bayview Ave. in Toronto, Ontario.