YORK COUNTY — Registration for this winter’s beginner five-week Bee School is now open, thanks to The University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension and the Maine State Beekeeper Association.

Classes will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays from Feb. 22 through March 22, 2018 at the Anderson Learning Center, 21 Bradeen St., Springvale. 

The registration deadline is Feb. 16, 2018.

Master Beekeeper and former MSBA Vice President, Larry Peiffer will discuss a range of topics, including bee colonies, construction of hives, the production of honey, and seasonal maintenance. 

Registration is $95 per person or $140 for two persons who will share textbooks and materials; the price also includes a one-year membership to the York County Beekeepers Association. 

Find more information and register online at https://extension.umaine.edu/york/programs/beginner-bee-school/, or contact the UMaine Extension York County office, (800) 287-1535 (in state),  324-2814 or send an email to rebecca.gowdy@maine.edu.

To request a disability accommodation, call Frank Wertheim, (800) 287-1535 (in state), or 324-2814.

As a trusted resource for 100 years, University of Maine Cooperative Extension has supported UMaine’s land and sea grant public education role by conducting community-driven, research-based programs in every Maine county.

UMaine Extension helps support, sustain and grow the food-based economy. It is the only entity in our state that touches every aspect of the Maine Food System, where policy, research, production, processing, commerce, nutrition, and food security and safety are integral and interrelated.

UMaine Extension also conducts the most successful out-of-school youth educational program in Maine through 4-H.