Description

🐝 WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

This class is perfect for hobbyist and professional beekeepers alike—whether you’re in a mild or cold climate—who want to:

✅ Learn how to prepare honey bee colonies for a safe, healthy winter

✅ Understand the signs of successful wintering

✅ Reduce winter losses and boost colony survival

Whether you’ve overwintered bees before or it’s your first time, this course offers practical tools and scientific insight to make your season a success.

Instructor: Dr. Karén Avetisyan. You can read about the instructor at https://www.beekeepingservices.com/about

🎓 Why learn from Dr. Karén Avetisyan?

Dr. Avetisyan holds a PhD in Beekeeping and brings both scientific expertise and hands-on field experience to this essential topic.

The class will be recorded and available for a later watch.

YOU WILL LEARN:

– Proven strategies to prevent robbing behavior

– Effective treatment scheme for Varroa destructor and Nosema (if there is any Nosema)

– Feeding technology in fall time (if needed) to avoid diarrhea due to feeding

– What to do with drone egg-layer colonies in fall

– How to rearrange the nest for successful overwintering

– How to spot honeydew honey (dangerous for bees!) and manage it

– How to understand if the bees have enough feed in wintertime and how to feed, if needed

– How to understand if the bees are wintering well.