Beekeeping Classes

New Class Postings & Live Streaming

The Class on 12/8/2023 is scheduled for Friday, December 8^th from 1-4 pm at the Martha Liebert library in the Town of Bernalillo.  The NM Ag exemption for honeybees to help reduce property taxes for those who own properties in NM that exceed 1.5 acres will be covered. We will Live stream each class and post on YouTube for those who cannot attend.  We will cover the following: 

      Why Keep Honeybees

      Honeybees as livestock, the Agricultural exemption

      How to get started with honeybees

      How to profit from beekeeping

This class is in cooperation with:

      Rachel Zweig

      Sandoval County Agriculture Extension Agent

      New Mexico State University

      505-867-2582; (c) 479-332-9162

      rzweig@nmsu.edu

     711 S Camino del Pueblo
     PO Box 400 (Mailing)
     Bernalillo, NM 87004

Educational Videos

Bees in Kitchen Cabinet

Package Bee Production

Installing Package Bees

Educational Papers

Supplemental Feeding of Honey Bee Colonies

We purchase rough sawn pine products from the Kuykendall's in Tres Piedras, NM (30 miles west of Taos) to mill into our bee products.  Here we are loading on March 3rd 12" pine lumber.  We will place it in a solar kiln in Edgewood and add fans and heaters to speed up the drying process before we can begin to mill this lumber into supers, frames, tops and bottoms and other hive components.  Lanny and his family can be reached at 9 Rodeo Road, Tres Piedras NM    575-751-0901

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Feeding and Adding Supers for Expansion of the Brood Nest (Chamber)

What is one way to effectively expand the brood nest?  This video shows how to add frames in a manner that will encourage the hive to quickly expand the brood nest.  We are also encouraging the hive to increase in numbers in advance of a nectar flow.

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