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BitterrootBeekeeper's Hub

  • Expert Instructors: Learn from experienced beekeepers who share their passion and insights.

  • Comprehensive Curriculum: Topics include hive management, bee biology, honey production, and pest control.

Class Details:

  • Duration: Classes typically run for 6 weeks. Not including special guest and other events through out the year.

  • Location: Classes will be held at 407 Main St Stevensville, MT 

  • Multiple Dates
    Jan 13, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Stevensville, 407 Main St, Stevensville, MT 59870, USA
    Welcome, getting started, benefits of bees, type of bees origins and features female casts/drone, life cycle, duties, behavior, communication, when to get your hive, resources
  • Multiple Dates
    Feb 10, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Stevensville, 407 Main St, Stevensville, MT 59870, USA
    Location of hive, electric fencing, predators, purchasing used equipment, hive parts, hive equipment, protection gear, smoker & fuel etc
  • Multiple Dates
    Mar 10, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Stevensville, 407 Main St, Stevensville, MT 59870, USA
    Unwrapping wintered over colonies, biology basics, bees & pheromones, jobs bees have, package/nucleus installation, feeding, spring management, building up, swarms and splitting
  • Multiple Dates
    Mar 24, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Stevensville, 407 Main St, Stevensville, MT 59870, USA
    Pest & mites, testing, IPM, brood diseases, treatment
  • Multiple Dates
    Jun 02, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Stevensville, 407 Main St, Stevensville, MT 59870, USA
    Reading frames, summer management, preparing for dearth, prevent robbing
  • Multiple Dates
    Aug 04, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Stevensville, 407 Main St, Stevensville, MT 59870, USA
    Fall management, fall feeding, mouse guards, disappearing drones, winter feeding, how to clear honey supers, extraction, winterizing your hive
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