Swarms, Summer Management for Honey Flow

Catching a swarm of bees and getting them into a hive. Building and using bait boxes to catch swarms. Checker-boarding to relieve brood nest congestion, possible summer swarming. Providing space for honey flow.

Planting for Pollinators

During this 3-hour field day, you will get your hands dirty, learning how to prepare, select, design, and plant a sustainable flower habitat that you will love and that bees will thank you for!

Gardening with Native Plants

This 3-hour field day will introduce you to native plant gardening, and the basics of creating your own native plant garden, flower meadow, and how to incorporate native plants into your existing gardens to support biodiversity and native pollinators.

Swarms, Summer Management for Honey Flow

Getting honey out of the hive safely. Liquid honey, comb honey, cut comb honey, creamed honey. Liquid honey with or without an extractor. PLUS: ERC’s SAM: bee wellness - leave enough honey for your winter bees to eat!

Season Recap & Tour

This 3-hour field day will include the fall stages of seeding a beautiful native plant meadow space to support biodiversity and native pollinators.

Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy it by the river after our session wraps up!

Preparing for Winter

Fall disease treatment, conventional fall feeding. Preparing for cold, wind, snow, and condensation. PLUS: ERC’s SAM - sugar water-free feeding, consolidating for winter, fall varroa mite management.