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National Beekeepers Boot Camp —— February 7, 2026

$69.00

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Will be held at Mountain Sweet Honey located at 758 Highway 184, Toccoa, GA  30577 – Please use Google Maps and just type “Mountain Sweet Honey” and it will bring directly to our warehouse.

Whether you are a new beekeeper or an established beekeeper, this class is designed for you! Our National Beekeeper Boot Camp is a 1 Day Class on February 7, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. You will be joining your fellow beekeepers across the USA for this event.  Lunch will be provided.  Add a spouse, a friend, or a child for 50% off.  Please note that the spouse or friend will not receive the full color notes of the Boot Camp.  This will be a rain or shine event.  This event is geared to intermediate and beginning beekeepers.  We cover topics such as:

1. What type of hive is the best for you
2. What type of honey bee is best for you
3. Where do you place the hive for maximum honey
4. How often do you inspect the hive
5. How to battle adversarial insect and animals
6. How to choose the right beekeeping clothing
7. How to use the various beekeeping tools
8. How to market your honey
9. Laws concerning selling honey
10. How to assemble a hive
11. When to feed and not feed your honey bees
12. Identifying the honey bees in the hive
13. Swarming
14. Types of honey
15. Hive management
16. How to survive Small Hive Beetles
17. How to survive Varroa
18. Growing your honey business
19. Manipulating hives to get the highest honey production
20. How to jump start nucs
21. Bee yard management
22. Organic treatments
23. 3 minute quick inspections of the hive
24. Question & Answer time throughout the day
25. Surviving dearths
26. Drift is it good or bad
27. Using essential oils

Class is limited to 200 participants.  If you need overnight accommodations, please consider these hotels and Inn.

Holiday Inn – Lavonia, GA

Hampton Inn & Suites – Lavonia, GA

Simmons Bond Inn – Toccoa, GA 

You will receive a copy of the Boot Camp notes and a text book when you arrive.

Ray has taught this class over 3000 beekeepers for the last 10 years and has received a 100% satisfaction score from each class.

 

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