Sustainable
Honey Bees
in the City

Learn everything you need to know to start raising your own honey bees.

Are you concerned about the blight of bees and want to do something about it? Are you interested in small-scale urban agriculture? Or maybe you really like honey and would like bees of your own? Whether you are a hobbyist or would like to make some extra money this is the program for you! Learn in eight sessions from spring to autumn how to keep bees. The emphasis will be on bee nutrition and health using low-stress organic hive management techniques. Lectures are always balanced with practical and useful hands on lessons that will help ensure your beekeeping success.

Join with us in our growing community of urban beekeepers committed to sustainable practices and bee-centred management techniques appropriate to small-scale urban beekeeping.

Introduction to
Permaculture Bees

Permaculture is an integrated design process that uses natural systems as inspiration for creating sustainable urban/agricultural environments. Permaculture focuses on positive solutions to reduce our ecological footprint. Permaculture beekeeping takes sustainability deeper and further by emphasizing the importance of bees in our urban edible landscapes. In partnership with plants bees are the foundation of life on this planet.

This brief course covers the basics of permaculture design (from a bee's point of view), how bees are essential to any sustainable system, and how to design with bees and sustainability in mind. No previous knowledge or experience of permaculture or bees is necessary to enjoy and learn from this class.

6 hours $180 class size limited to 12

Date - June 12

Getting Started with
Top bar hives

Come out for this one day intensive on how to get started with Top Bar Hive beekeeping. If you're looking for a relaxing way to enjoy honeybees without all the doodads or wing-dings that conventional beekeeping calls for then TBH is for you! TBH beekeeping is the original way people kept bees. It's relaxing for beekeepers and for the bees! We will cover bee biology, the seasons of the bees and TBH management techniques.
There will be an opportunity to purchase a TBH to take home.
Check out this video of my backyard hives, taken March 27/10

8 hours $240 class size limited to 8

Date : July 24

Fall and Winter Bee Management

Preparing Your Bees for Winter and Ensuring Success for Next Year

The single most important factor in ensuring hive health and vitality for the next year is proper winter maintenance.

Learn how to help your hive survive the winter.

3 Day Course

August 14, Sept 18, Oct 16

Only $425 +tx

Location of the workshops TBA.
The hives and workshops will be situated in backyards in Vancouver, BC

About the Instructor

Brian Campbell - Certified Master Beekeeper

Brian is extremely knowledgable about bees. He has been teaching beekeeping for a good part of his life and has mentored and supported the local beekeeping community for years.

http://www.newint.org/features/2009/09/01/bees-in-the-city/