Byron Forest Preserve District issued the following announcement on Feb. 27.
Have you been curious about how the beekeeping process works? You're in luck! Join local expert Jeff Ludwig (and other various instructors) once a month on Sundays from 2 - 4 PM. Only $2 per person.
- S A V E T H E D A T E -
March 14 - Feeding bees and installing packaged bees or nucs. Rotating boxes for room to grow.
April 11 - Feeding bees and preparing for splitting and re-queening over-wintered colonies. First mite treatment begins.
May 16 (held outdoors) - Knowing when to put on supers, swarm prevention and using swarm traps, developing replacement colonies, also raising and marking queens.
Stay tuned for more workshops! For questions or more information, call 815-234-8535 x200.
Original source can be found here.
Source:Byron Forest Preserve District
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