Learn hive how-to skills at Meadowbrook

Published 1:53 pm Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Meadowbrook Farm hosts an introductory class on beekeeping, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25, at the Interpretive Center.

The class is by Snoqualmie Valley Beekeepers and Si View Parks, and costs $45.

Honeybees are fun to keep in the backyard for their honey, pollination, and personal enjoyment. Western Washington and rural King County offer prime honeybee habitat. This class will cover beekeeping basics and traditional beekeeping methods of Langstroth hives. This class is a family-oriented, study of beekeeping, it is open to all age levels and is intended to provide new beekeepers everything necessary to plan for and maintain an apiary in the spring. Topics covered include the following: Equipment — what you’ll need and how to use it; All about honeybees, their life-cycle, members of the hive, and managing honeybee ailments; harvesting and processing honey, and other products of the hive; planning for and managing your own apiary. Placing your hives, installing bees, swarm prevention, and long-term management.

For registration call Si View Parks at (425) 831-1900

Or go to the online registration page. http://www.activityreg.com/selectactivity.wcs (Select Adult Programs->Special Interest->Beekeeping)

Learn more about Snoqualmie Valley Beekeepers at their homepage, http://www.snoqualmievalleybeekeepers.org/