Worcester Honey Farms

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Introductory courses to the fascinating world of beekeeping and honey production for the beginner or hobby beekeeper. Learn the art of basic beekeeping. Set up your own colony of bees. Assemble your own bee equipment. Learn how to produce your own honeyBees are a live product and there are a multitude of factors that affect the health of the package bees, the most important being feeding the colony...which means keeping sugar syrup within inches of the queen cages (especially during cold weather). Heat, sunlight, draft, releasing the queen too early so that queen is killed or the package absconds, installing packages in newly painted hives, clogged sugar syrup holes, feeding molasses or raw sugar, allowing package bees to drift to other hives, and poking a nail through the queen are among other factors that can affect the health of your package. All of these factors are within your control. We would be happy to explain any of these situations and suggestions on how to avoid them.Queens are a live product and there are a multitude of factors that affect the health of a queen in a queen cage, the most important being to first make sure that the hive is queenless before installing the queen and not releasing the queen too soon...most often four days minimum. Among other factors that can kill a queen are cold temperatures, direct sunlight, and drone-laying workers. All of these factors are within your control and your responsibility. We would be happy to explain any of these situations and suggestions on how to avoid them.An instructor is committed to present a knowledgeable and enjoyable, interactive, and intensively hands-on workshop. We are friendly and encourage you to contact us throughout the course for advice, help, or a sympathetic ear. Become comfortable opening and working your hives, touch bee?s shoulders to get them to move over, hive a swarm from a crabapple tree, bring your honey to extract on the last class, and inspect hives?there will be hives set up wi