Fundamentals of Beekeeping (Beekeeping Lab)
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: ENTOM 361
Instructor: W.S. Sheppard
Text: None.
OBJECTIVES OF COURSE
- To provide the student with practical, hands-on experience in beekeeping.
LABORATORY OUTLINE
Number 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
7 (3 hours each) labs
GRADING CRITERIA
- Assignment (colony management, inspection) 50%
- 1 Final Oral/Practical 50%