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Rolla Bee Club 2020 Beginning Beekeeping Classes

Thank you for joining us for our winter 2020 classes.


Rolla Bee Club hosted two beginning beekeeping classes Saturday, January 24, 2020 and February 15, 2020. A Second Year Beekeeping Class will be held Saturday, March 14, 2020. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

The Beginning Beekeeping classes covered what you need to begin beekeeping including equipment, costs, bee sources, setting up hives and helping colonies to get through their first winter.

Location: Doolittle Community Hall, 380 Eisenhower, Rolla, Mo.
Cost $75 per person and included class materials, lunch and refreshments.

This beginning beekeeping class was certified by the Great Plains Master Beekeeper program and qualifies for credit towards master beekeeper certification.

From a Rolla Bee Club spring 2019 class:
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"Charlotte, I cannot thank you and your team enough for a FABULOUS class on Saturday. All of your knowledge and passion is astounding!! Not only that, but you have put together a very educational class that is well thought out, touches on so much, moves expediently, breaks in the right places-it couldn’t be better! Thank you very much! We are very excited about beginning our beekeeping experience." MBH


You need to first be registered with Great Plains Master Beekeeping to claim credit for our classes, field and volunteer hours. Register here.
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Rolla Bee Club Second Year Beekeeping Class
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A Second Year Beekeeping Class is scheduled for Saturday, March 14, 2020 also at Doolittle Community Hall, 380 Eisenhower, Rolla, Mo. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This class is now full and is focused on beekeepers who successfully pulled their bees through their first winter. The class will basic techniques such as merging colonies, splitting, swarm catching and replacing queens. ​Cost is $75 and will include class materials, lunch and refreshments.​

If you are registered, please send check to David Draker, 1951 Monterey, Rolla, Mo. 65401. We do not take credit cards.
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If you want to be placed on a waiting list for last minute cancellations, email us.

 
 For more information on the Great Plains Master Beekeeping program including the training levels and to register, click here.

Advanced Master Beekeeping Online Course

Rolla Bee Club is partner with Cornell University, New York, to offer a discount to beekeepers with 3 years or more of experience taking Cornell University's master beekeeping certification online course. The program also requires testing in Ithaca, New York.


Register Here
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