Interested in beekeeping for El Paseo Community Garden?
This year we are only have a few spots open to gain hands-on beekeeping experience. Those spots will be reserved for those involved in the Urban Agriculture, small business, and/or that are able to possibly host satellite hives. Please email a short letter of interest by April 7th, 2023 to elpaseo.communitygarden@neighbor-space.org
Learn about clothing recommendations and where to source veils and equipment.
$50 Beekeeping Membership gets you:
Inquire about beekeeping scholarships (limited quantity).
- Beekeeping Theory course online/in-person
- Hands on Practicum from April to November
- A 4 oz. jar of honey after harvest day
- Access to the compost program
- Free reservation for fire pit and patio (min $25 value)
- Included in garden internal work group (Slack)
- Scholarship opportunities for select educational programming
(must show leadership in El Paseo Garden the year prior to qualify) - Membership fees are waived for those who show leadership the year prior.
Beekeeping Theory
- 1d Beekeeping Course online/in-person
- Bee Biology Basics
- Beekeeping Basics
- Varroa Mite Management & Treatments
- Swarm Prevention Methods
- Create a split
- Winter preparation
Hands-on experience/ Practicum
- Hive assembly
- Install a bee package (dependent on the state of hives at start of the season)
- Basic manual inspection tasks
- Spot the queen and eggs
- Identify cells, bees, pollen
- Assess colony health
- Pest and disease identification
- Pest Treatments
- Split a colony
- Swarm prevention techniques
- Feed hive with sugar syrup and pollen patties
- Honey harvest
- Winter Care