Calendar
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Calendar developed and supported by Kieran O'Shea
Upcoming Events
- May 19, 2012
- TT: Flower PowerTT: Flower Power
Time: 10:00 am
For children ages 18-36 months accompanied by an adult. Spring is the season to get excited about new life! Bring your little one out to discover the wonders of fabulous flowers and other plants through self-guided stations. Dig in the dirt, plant seeds to take home and see what’s sprouting up in our woods and prairie on a naturalist-led hike. Activities begin at 10:00am and will be repeated through 12:00 noon, so come and go as it works best for you and your toddler! Advance registration strongly recommended. Call 319-362-0664 to register by phone or click here to register online. M Child: \$4, NM Child: \$5, Parents: Free at 10:00 am - Bug AcademyBug Academy
Time: 1:00 pm
Bug Academy emphasizes hands-on activities to find insects and learn basic identification techniques. Join Joe and Christopher Zito to build a homemade Berlese funnel and various types of traps. Enjoy a hike, learn about insect habitats, and check traps that were set earlier. Take home your own beetle trap! Open to adults and children aged 8 and up. Advance registration strongly recommended. Call 319-362-0664 to register by phone or click here to register online. M: \$5, NM: \$8. at 1:00 pm - Beginning Beekeeping-Session 5Beginning Beekeeping-Session 5
Time: 1:00 pm
Important hive management techniques prior to honey flow. Participants must enroll in entire 8-session series beginning January 19th. For further information, click here. at 1:00 pm
- TT: Flower PowerTT: Flower Power
Basic Beekeeping
2012 Beginning Bee Series
Series fee: $55/member; $85/non-member ($10/companion)
The 2012 class is filled. You may put your name on an interest list for 2013 by calling 319-362-0664. Payment is required to confirm your space.
This eight (8) session series, beginning Thursday, January 19th, is designed for individuals serious about starting a beekeeping hobby. The series will take the participant through the annual cycle of beekeeping from establishing a hive to harvesting and marketing the honey produced. The class members will be actively involved in learning activities by working with the hives at the Indian Creek Nature Center. All classes are held at the Nature Center and last approximately two hours; attendance is critical. Â
Starting two colonies of bees (recommended) costs approximately $500-$600. Beekeepers usually devote 2-5 hours weekly to working in their apiaries from April through September, with several additional days in the early spring and fall. The city of Cedar Rapids currently has an ordinance against apiaries on residential property. Beekeeping is allowed in Linn County. Check with your local government to see if you can keep bees.
Fee includes classes, informational handouts, and use of the Nature Center’s Honeyhouse and extracting equipment (student must have attended session VII; extracting must be scheduled and take place between Sunday, August 26 and Wednesday, September 19, 2012).
Required text: The New Starting Right with Bees by R.I. Root Company, 21st edition, 1997 or Storey’s Guide to Keeping Honey Bees by Malcolm T. Sanford & Richard E. Bonney, 1st edition, 2010
Limited quantities of both books are available in the Indian Creek Nature Center’s Creekside Shop. Shop hours are 9am-4pm, Monday through Saturday. We recommend that you have a book before the first class.
Download complete 8-session curriculum HERE
