Waitlist Signup for The Buzz on Beekeeping 2025
Our school is full! If you would like to join the waiting list, please register below and you will be contacted is a space opens up.
Free Four Day Beginning Beekeeping Course
9:0am – 4:30pm
Saturday February 1, 8 and 15, 2025
Field day - Date TBD
We're back! Everyone is invited to attend the McDowell Honey Bees’ highly popular Bee School---it's free and open to the public! Our annual Bee School fills to capacity every year, so be sure and sign up early.
In addition to guest speakers covering major topics of interest each day, there will also be hand on workshops, door prizes, ask-a-beekeeper forums and lots more! The course is open to anyone of any age interested in learning the basics of beekeeping, no experience needed. Information will be provided on how you and your family can contribute to the process and become a hobbyist beekeeper.
There will be an opportunity to take the NC State Beekeepers Certification exam at the end of the course. A field day will be scheduled and the dates will be communicated at the first day of class.
To attend, you must register below. Registration is open and is first come, first served. If you are unable to attend after registering, please let mcdowellhoneybees@gmail.com know so that your space can be given to someone else.
The course will be taught at the Harold Smith Building McDowell Technical Community College, 54 College Drive, Marion, NC, 28752. An optional textbook can be obtained prior to the course. Information will be sent after registration.
Sponsored by McDowell Honeybees Club, McDowell County Farm Bureau, McDowell County Cooperative Extension Services and McDowell Technical Community College