Instructor- Corwin Bell

Corwin has been passionately working with bees for over 17 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. Corwin has just finished a new full length top bar
"how to" DVD:
Alternative Beekeeping Using the Top Bar Hive and
The Bee Guardian Methods .


Instructor -Karen Sadenwater

Karen has worked with the bees under the guidance of Corwin for
the past 8 years.  Karen brings a sense of calm and respect when
working with the honeybees.  She co-teaches the classes with Corwin
and is especially skilled with getting beginners started in their new
journey of bee guardianship.

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2012 Spring Bee Guardianship Classes

Natural, organic and treatment free bee classes.

Beginning Class description:
This class is for those just getting started. We will cover basic bee ecology,
how the bees communicate with each other in the hive, explain why bees are a
super-organism, we'll cover setting up the hive, getting bees, catching a swarm
and getting the bees into the hive. We will demonstrate how to work with the
bees in an altruistic, gentle manner so that a symbiotic relationship is formed
with the bees. And if there are combs to harvest, we will demonstrate how to
harvest and process honey comb.

Intermediate Class description:
This class is for the bee guardian who has had bees for at least one year and
they want to learn an in-depth working relationship with the bees. The class
will cover a deeper understanding of the intimate workings of the colony and the
brood nest, so that the bee guardian can confidentially work their hive and
feel comfortable with interacting with the bees.

Advanced Class description:
This class is for the seasoned bee guardian who has been working with
bees for at least two years. Corwin will go beyond the intermediate class
topics and cover topics that will help the bee guardian suceed in an
understanding of the intimate workings of the colony from an advanced
perspective.

Please select your classes below:

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Boulder, Colorado

From Brook LeVan at Sustainable Settings
Corwin & Backyard Hives crew are back! Join us again this year with an intermediate and a
beginning level. Learn about the incredible world of the bee and how to care for bees and
produce the multiple benefits of pollination and honey production in our Valley foodshed,
right in your own backyard. The last 3  year's classes encouraged over 150 bee hives to be
established in the Roaring Fork Valley! Corwin teaches how to use Top Bar bee hives.

Our beginning bee course sold out last year. Reserve early!

Paonia, Colorado