Description

All About Honeybees focusses on the bee’s natural history and is relevant to anyone interested in bees, or thinking about beekeeping. While this course touches on the act of beekeeping it is intended to provide a foundational understanding of honeybee biology and evolution, anatomy, society, casts, and seasonal changes within honeybee colonies.

All About Honeybees is the first of four parts of a City of Edmonton Beekeeping Certificate. All About Honeybees can be taken as a stand-alone course or applied towards the Beekeeping Certification Course.

Format: 3 hours. Presentation with Artifacts and Visuals

Prerequisite: None

Time: 1 to 4 PM

Location: Online via Zoom

Requirements: Computer, tablet, or phone with a microphone (a camera is optional).

All About Honeybees Class Outline

Honeybee Evolution & Development

Bee Anatomy & Biology

Colony Society & Behaviour

Honeybee Casts

Queen life cycle

Queen, Queenlessness, Superseder, Swarming

Worker life cycle

Drone life cycle

Developmental Stages

Seasonal Colony Behaviour

Colony Reproduction (Swarming)