ENTOMOLOGY 362

Fundamentals of Beekeeping (Beekeeping Lab.)

OBJECTIVES OF COURSE

• To provide the student with practical, hands-on experience in beekeeping.

LABORATORY OUTLINE

           
No. of Periods                       Topic

1   Safe handling of honey bees, equipment setup, installation of honey bees
1   Colony inspection, population growth, nutritional requirements
1   Colony inspection, colony development, pollen collection,
    plant identification
1   Colony inspection, swarm control, mite control, disease recognition
1   Colony inspection, supering, colony division
1   Colony inspection, requeening, winter provisions, honey removal
1   Honey extraction, handling and processing

GRADING CRITERIA

• Assignment (colony management, inspection) 50%
• 1 Final Oral/Practical 50%

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