With Dick LaForge & Jeannine Kaprielian, Beekeepers
In this class, you will gain skills you need to keep honeybees for honey, pollination, other hive products, and enjoyment.
You will learn about honeybee biology, beekeeping equipment, and management techniques.
You will have the opportunity to buy bees.
Required textbook: Beekeeping for Dummies, 5th edition, 2020, by Howland Blackiston.
Register by Feb. 5.
See the other beekeeping class offered: Bee Yard Experience, Sun., Feb. 16-May 4, 2025
Mondays, Feb. 10-May 5, 2025 (No class March 17 and 31)
6:30-8:30 p.m. • On campus
Plus four Saturday field trips (weather permitting)
Off campus: TBA
$225 • Class #: 23893
Credit (1 unit, optional): ZOOL x315, add $85, #23894
Credit (2 units, optional): ZOOL x315, add $170, #23895
Take both Practical Beekeeping and Bee Yard Experience by selecting an option below.
Register: Practical Beekeeping & Bee Yard, non-credit
Register: Practical Beekeeping, 1 unit credit, & Bee Yard, 1 unit credit
Register: Practical Beekeeping, 2 units credit, & Bee Yard, 1 unit
Jeannine Kaprielian
Jeannine Kaprielian began beekeeping by taking Practical Beekeeping in 2009. She has an apiary on her small farm in the Hoopa Valley. She also keeps bees on several coastal sites, giving her insight into specific issues facing both inland and coastal beekeepers. Jeannine is at Master level in the California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP).
