This page will now serve as a calendar for all events for the Apiary and Garden Learning Center.  Here are the Goals that we have established for the Learning Center.  Each Saturday at 10:00 AM, we will be conducting Hive Dives.  These are great learning opportunities for anyone interested in learning more about taking care of bees.  Basically, every other week will be a dive into the even/odd numbered hives.  We will be checking for the general health of the hive, the queen, and taking the necessary steps to strengthen weak hives.  

2023 - 2024 Beekeeping Goals at TBA Apiary

1. Manage Bees for Optimum Health

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Testing
• Alcohol Wash
• White Board Observation
• Appropriate treatments based upon testing results and time of year.
  
• Over Winter Survival
  
• Manage bees in deep brood boxes for collection of resources (not managing for honey production)
• Control Moisture
• Queen Health
• Feed emergency sugar bricks as necessary
• Hive Boxes
• Insulate during colder months
• Straps for wind protection

2. Support Queen rearing Team

• Observe and respect hive notices, i.e., DO NOT ENTER, etc.
• Record hive information in the notebook that supports Queen rearing
• strength of hive
• pollen and/or resources

3. Site to provide learning opportunities for TBA and Community Members

• Saturday Weekly Hive Dive
• Queen Team training
• Beginning Beekeepers Class