Welcome to Bees Incorporated, nestled in the middle of the beautiful Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. As Queen producers we have always been committed to a natural, chemical free, open mated bee breeding system.
We only breed from our tried and tested “VICTORIAN” survivor stock, thus retaining the positive genetic pool, which has proved itself in the cooler Okanagan temperatures.
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The classes and courses that will be offered each month starting in March and going through to September 2012, have been grouped to allow students to select a class or classes according to their previous knowledge or expertise.
Reservations for the May Courses are now being accepted.
MAY COURSES
By special request we have agreed to run an intensive ONE DAY course on Sunday the 27th of May starting at 9am with the class sessions and then a two hour practical session in a bee yard, ending at 4pm. This has been created to satisfy the many requests received from students staying great distances from Kelowna.
Regular Courses for the Month of May
A: Beekeeping Basics (Plus) Starts on the 10th and finishes on 31st of May 2012.
Four two hour class sessions and a two hour field practical.
This class is for beginners and those with some experience.
B: Trial Course (Also referred to as the ”TASTER” course)
One two hour practical(Hands on) in a working bee yard
Only date still available for May is Saturday 26th of May.
Protective equipment is supplied.
This class is mainly to see if you really do enjoy being with bees.
C: Specialist Courses.
1: Queen rearing.
2: Commercial Beekeeping.
3: Microscopic inspections for the BBKA’s exam.
4: 4H practical evaluation.
5: BBKA’s Beemasters Levels 1-5 curriculum and evaluations.
Once you have determined the course of choice, email us with your request and we will send you all the details, which will enable you to enrol for the course. Please note that due to the practical nature of the courses, class sizes are restricted.
All our processes are natural, just as nature wanted it to be
After many years of cross breeding from selected survivor stock, together with stringent field testing and peer evaluation, we feel that we have a Queen Bee that will perform well in our current beekeeping conditions. Especially in the harsher Canadian climate.
We ensure all our virgin queens (in the four frame nucleus hives) have access to a huge number of drones (in the three supered hive). This closed mating yard produces queens from April through to September. All our processes are natural, just as nature wanted it to be.
