Syllabus

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The Assignments & Dates Page is your guide for course readings and assignment due dates.

Required Text Books:
The Biology of the Honey Bee.
Mark L. Winston, 1987.
The Beekeeper’s Handbook. Third Edition.
Dianna Sammataro & Alphonse Avitable, 1998.

Required Software:
Acrobat Reader (free download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Any Word Processor such as:
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Works Word Processor
Word Perfect
Open Office 3.0 (free download): http://www.openoffice.org/
(Files generated in any operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.), are acceptable.)

Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce science and non-science majors to honey bee biology and beekeeping practices. Honey bees will also serve as a model insect to introduce general principles of biology, entomology, and sociobiology.