Our class centers on the biology and husbandry of honey bees (bees and beekeeping) but also covers the biology of other bee species and pollination. The emphasis will be on hands-on learning and real world issues, including student research projects, field trips, and regular experience working bee hives. At the end of the course, we're aiming to have a broad but detailed knowledge of bees and their importance and the skills to keep bees independently.
The goals of our class are to learn the basics of bee biology, i.e. what makes a bee a bee, basic bee adaptations for survival and their special relationship with plants.
Throughout this course, we will...
- learn about bee diversity, including the main groups of bees and the practically important species within each taxon.
- understand the basis of modern beekeeping, including the aspects of honey bee biology and the major hyman innovations that make it possible.
- understand the major challenges that face modern beekeeping, including the modern problems that have arisen in the past 25 years and how beekeeping today is different from that before the modern era.
- know the basics biological aspects of pollination from both the plant and the pollinator perspective and the special contributions of bees. Know the important aspects of agricultural pollination and how the beekeeping industry meets the attendant challenges.
- develop the basic skills of apiculture, including hive and equipment construction, care, and use, bee handling, how to work and assess the health of a bee hive, how to plan a management scheme for successful beekeeping.
Contact
Dr. Evan Sugden, Faculty Advisor, Beekeeper and UW Entomologist
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