Beginning Beekeeping

If you ever thought you might want to take up beekeeping, but do not know what would be involved, this 2.5-hour class is for you. Subjects we will cover include applicable SF and CA laws, cost$, time commitment, equipment options, and what other practicalities you need to consider if you are to fulfill responsibilities to yourself, others in your household and building, neighbors, nearby community and, importantly, the honeybees you would keep. Those who wish to further explore the possibility of taking up beekeeping are encouraged to take “Inside the honeybee colony”.

Karen Peteros has been beekeeping for four years, simultaneously in various SF neighborhoods, in Oakland and in Southern Oregon. During her beekeeping tenure, she has managed as many as 35 of her own colonies, she has raised some of her own queens and she develops nucleus colonies for sale. Apart from her part-time work as an attorney, she has taught beekeeping classes in SF and in Oregon, and is the 2009 President of the San Francisco Beekeepers Association (SFBA). As a SFBA member she has regularly mentored new and beginning SF beekeepers.