Urban Beekeeping – Apiary Session

This is the first apiary session for our 2026 Urban Beekeeping Intro Class

You don’t need to bring anything other than sensible shoes and casual dress to the apiary session. We will provide bee suits and expert guidance.

As to what’s sensible in shoe-wear, it’s best to have something with a high top that the bee suit can cover. If you don’t have anything like that wear heavy socks that you can pull over the bee suit. This will protect your ankles. The rest of you including your hands will be covered.

We’ll be looking at colonies during the peak of the nectar flow as they rush to put away as much honey as possible while conditions are best. Swarming is still a possibility so we’ll be keeping an eye out for swarm signs. We will also discuss what to expect in the months to come as nectar dries up and we start to prepare for fall and winter.