01/16/2025
Ever thought about keeping bees? SEMBA Bee school (80 years strong) is a 10 month immersive program at TWO locations. Tollgate Farms (Novi) and Bowers School Farm (Bloomfield). Multiple instructors in every class. You keep a hive at the location (or don't) and experience learning by DOING! You can watch all the videos you want, but on-site mentoring is priceless. One day classes are simply overwhelming. Tollgate is almost full but spots are available.
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2025 SEMBA Bee School registration begins December 1st!! Visit the SEMBA website, www.sembabess.org, to register for classes.
This ten-month course introduces new and aspiring beekeepers to the vast world of beekeeping. Through a combination of presentations from national experts, classroom time, and hands-on experience, students work closely with a team of beekeeper instructors to learn what to expect and how to manage the first year of keeping honey bees. The course applies sustainable beekeeping practices and exposes students to a broad spectrum of beekeeping information and experience including the biology of the honey bee, their connection to the pollinators who share their habitats, honey bee health, pests and diseases, seasonal hive management, tools of the trade, and products from the hives. The course goal is to prepare participants to become successful beekeepers for years to come.
Our Beginning Bee School program will be offered at two locations:
1. MSU Extensions Tollgate Farm at Twelve Mile Rd. and Meadow Brook rd. Novi.
1:00pm-3:30, Sunday, in the Conference Center/Barn and Community Beeyard.
2. Bowers Farm School at Square Lake and Adams Road, Bloomfield.
1:00pm-3:30, Sunday, Classroom/FAB and Community Beeyard
Tuition: $500 per person. Tuition includes the required textbook, Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping, Caron and Connor, a SEMBA membership, and an empty wooden five-frame nuc box to promote sustainable beekeeping.
Please email [email protected] or [email protected] for any questions.
