 
UPCOMING CLASSES:
*June 7th, 2008 -Satruday
Where: Eldorado Springs, Colorado
Instructors: Corwin Bell and Kelly Simmons
Cost: $50
Time: 10pm-2pm
Backyard Beekeeping Class
Using Natural and Organic Pracitices
BackyardHive.com in conjunction with Boulder Sustainability
Education Center is offering an organic backyard beekeeping class
in Eldorado Springs, CO where Corwin Bell has kept top bar hives
for over 11 years with no disease and no treatments. The focus
of this class is caring for bees with a top bar hive using organic
and natural practices.
Instructors~Corwin Bell -
Corwin has been passionately
working with bees for over 11 years. He practices a holistic
approach in caring
for bees that focuses on enhancing the bee’s immune system
through attentive listening,
meditative communing, right timing and sustainable
methods. In his courses he reveals
a connection between bees and humankind as
symbolic of a broader
interconnection between humans and the natural world.
Corwin promotes a
"backyard" hive method and philosophy in which he
encourages and
inspires interested and willing individuals to connect with
bees through an altruistic
Guardianship that goes beyond hobbyist beekeeping.
Bell travels widely giving lectures and
workshops to raise awareness of honeybee
genetic biodiversity and to promote alternatives
to conventional beekeeping practices.
His is currently working on a book The Bee Guardian, due out
this spring,
which delves into this approach.
Kelly Simmons- has been keeping bees organically with no treatments in her
backyard for two years. She teaches urban sustainable living practices
including keeping bees.
To Register for the classs:
and reserve a space in the June 7th, Satruday, class either pay online:
BeeKeeping Class
OR please mail a check to:
BackYardHive
PO Box 333
Eldorado Springs, CO 80025
(email us for directions or lodging options at:
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May 18th, 2008-Sunday-FULL
Where: Eldorado Springs, Colorado
Instructors: Corwin Bell and Kelly Simmons
Cost: $50
Time: 2pm-6pm
In the May 18th class we hope that we will have
a feral swarm to install into a hive to demonstrate
to the class!
May 18th, 2008-Sunday-FULL
Wild Honeybee Safari
Where: Eldorado Springs, Colorado
Cost: $20
Time: 11am-2pm
Come see wild honeybee hives in cottonwood trees
on the tour! For those of you with real adventure
we will have climbing gear to hoist up to see the bees
up close!
(More information below the class information) *May 3rd, 2008 Saturday ---FULL
Where: Eldorado Springs, Colorado
Instructors: Corwin Bell and Kelly Simmons
Cost: $50
Time: 10am-2pm
*May 18th, 2008-Sunday
Wild Honeybee Safari
Where: Eldorado Springs, Colorado
Cost: $20
Time: 11am-2pm
Come see wild honeybee hives in cottonwood trees
on the tour! For those of you with real adventure
we will have climbing gear to hoist up to see the bees
up close! We will spend the day trekking and observing
wild honeybee hives that have been around the Eldorado
Springs area for many years. Come learn the importance of
the wild honeybee hives and how they contribute to the
genetic diversity of the pollinating honeybee. Then experience
our topbar hive colonies. Learn the importance of both!
Sign up for the safari online here.
OR please mail a check to:
BackYardHive
PO Box 333
Eldorado Springs, CO 80025
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*February 9 & 10, 2008
Where: New England Farms of Granville, NY
Instructor: Chris Harp from New Paltz, NY, Beekeeper / Bee Doctor
Intro to Organic Beekeeping: Planning a New Hive for Spring
Learn about the basic requirements and responsibilities for first-time beekeepers. Understand the mechanics of a hive, the tools involved, elements of site selection, and an understanding of a naturalist approach to their needs. This is a hands-on workshop, which includes assembling a wooden hive. (Please keep in mind that if you plan on starting a hive in the spring, bees should be ordered by mid February).
Saturday February 9, 10am – 6pm $95Understanding and Caring For Your Bees (Advanced Class)
Topics will include: hive congruency and design to benefit the colony; Honeybee health and disease management the natural way; seasonal concerns and methods; as well as imparting the value of respecting the lives and needs of your bees.
Sunday, February 10, 10am – 4pm $95Pre-registration is required, and advance payment is requested.
A discount is available if taking both workshops, and for couples and families.
Please visit the website www.HoneybeeLives.org for directions and additional information.
HoneybeeLives can be reached at 845-255-6113;
New England Farms can be reached at 518-642-3270.
(If inclement weather, call 518-642-3270 for cancellation status.)
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If you live outside of the Boulder, CO area and would like to have a Backyard Beekeeping class offered in your area
please contact us as we are setting up to travel to teach
new "bee guardians" the art of beekeeping. Most areas
we would travel would need about 12 people to attend the
class to cover costs. Local and University extensions are
a great place to offer classes. Please email us if you have
interest:
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Feedback from our Nov 3rd, 2007 class:
Please tell Corwin and Kelly that the workshop was totally outstanding,
and gave me such a boost towards starting my own hive.
I would recommend your class to anyone who is beginning, because you
make it seem so possible, so wondrous, so important,
and so natural. Please continue to give it.
It was a very special day for me, being with you all outside in all the
beauty of nature - a holy experience.
Thank you all for all that you do to inspire and educate us. It is
deeply appreciated.
Ellen M. ~ Boulder, CO
Feedback from our June 2nd, 2007 class
I attended the afternoon session with my daughter, Sonya. We both found the workshop so informative it touched our hearts. Corwin's gentle and sensitive approach to developing a relationship with the bees truely stood out. It's like the bees really didn't mind his intrusions or atleast he could sense their fear and move gently but quickly through the process. I also learned much more about effective techniques to manage a TBH and hope to begin using one in the near future. I really appreciated the introduction- the discussion of how to manage the top bar hive followed by the demonstration -
Natilie S., ~ Boulder, CO
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