Natural, Sustainable Beekeeping, season 2023
Our motto: “Observe and learn”
Natural Instincts Beekeeping offers at The Living Centre natural, sustainable beekeeping courses with a permaculture approach.
Our main focus is on sharing knowledge about sustainable beekeeping and the propagation of survivor bees. Our beehives are free of chemicals, antibiotics, and contaminated wax. We also collect swarms and by doing that, we help bees find a safe home and also improve the survivability of local colonies.
Field trip to our bee village
Choose your date:
June 18th, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm July 15th, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
“Listen to the bees and let them guide you.”
— Brother Adam
This exciting field trip includes an open beehive demonstration and hands-on experience of working with bees. Also we will talk briefly about bee biology, backyard beekeeping, and common mistakes of first-time beekeepers. You do not need any beekeeping experience to participate.
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Beekeeping introductory course
Dates to choose from: May 13th, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm June 3rd, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm June 24th, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
“Bees are more than a hobby; they are a life study, in many respects a mirror of our own society.”
—William Longgood
Participants will need a protective gear (hat, veil) and closed toed footwear. Long sleeves and light colored material clothing is suggested. Please bring your own protective head gear. A simple bug jacket or mosquito veil will suffice. Water bottles are recommended. A notebook and pencil could be handy. Our course will take place at our educational apiary/ bee sanctuary.
How to Make Splits and Nucs
June 10th 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
For Advanced Beekeepers only - please contact us if you have questions. You MUST have a minimum of one year of hands-on beekeeping experience to take this class.
“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”
—Albert Einstein
This workshop is a combination of an open beehive demonstrations of making splits and nucs. Also we will discuss various methods of splitting a beehive and benefits of making nucs and using swarm boxes.
A good knowledge of beekeeping and terminology is expected from participants. You need to have at least one season of beekeeping experience prior to attending.
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Making nucs – Hands-on, one-on-one
June 11th, Sunday 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
For Advanced Beekeepers only - please contact us if you have questions. You MUST have a minimum of two years of active beekeeping experience to take this course.
“If some of the full frames are moved, and empty ones placed between them, as soon as the bees begin to build powerfully, there need be no guide combs on the empty frames, and still the work will be executed with the most beautiful regularity.” –The Hive and the Honeybee by Rev. L.L. Langstroth 1853, pg. 227
You are going to make a nucleus colony (nuc), together with a teacher. You will have a hands-on, in-person experience using colonies from our hives. Learning a proper age of larva which can become a queen. Selecting brood frames and resources for a new nucleus colony and moving them to the new hive. Pros and cons of a 5-6 frame box and the regular Langstroth hive box as a home for the nucleus colony.
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