Howard County Beekeeping Short Course

The Beekeeping Short Course

 Date:

Will begin on February 18, 2014, and continue on February 25, March 4, 18,
& 25, 2014; 5 Classroom and one field day ( Date: TBD )

Learn to keep honey bees by attending Howard County Beekeeper’s

Assoc. Inc. Short Course

Topics include:

• Honey bee biology
• Beekeeping laws in Howard
  
  County
• Obtaining and installing bees
• Getting and setting up your
  
  beekeeping equipment
• Inspecting your bees
• Bee diseases
• Products of the hive

The first day of Beginning Beekeeping Short Course will begin (TBD), weather

permitting.  Classes will be held on 5 consecutive Tuesday evenings from

7:00 PM until approximately 9:30 PM at the Howard County Fairgrounds in West

Friendship, MD. A field day, where the students will experience a hive

inspection and installing a package of honey bees, will be scheduled when

weather permits - usually in April.