FALL AND
SPRING SEMESTERS SCHEDULE
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Topics |
Assignment Due Dates |
Required Reading |
|
On-Line Topic Notes |
The Biology of the Honey Bee |
The Beekeeper's Handbook |
|
Bees and beekeeping; evolution of bees; races of bees. |
|
1,
2,
3
|
Chapters 1 & 2 |
Chapter 1 |
|
Colony organization and nest architecture.
|
|
9
|
Chapter 5 |
NA
|
|
Anatomy of the honey bee. |
|
3 &
5,
|
Chapter 3 |
Chapters 1 & 2; Appendix A & B |
|
Nutrition, development and castes.
|
Sept 24, 2007 |
6
|
Chapter 4 |
Chapters 1 & 7 |
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Worker Behaviors |
|
7,
8,
10
|
Chapters 6 & 7 |
Chapter2 |
|
Communication and Orientation
|
|
11,
12
|
|
|
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Beekeeping equipment and apiary sites. |
Oct. 15, 2007 |
|
Review Chapter 5 |
Chapters 3, 5 & 7 |
|
Project |
Oct. 22, 2007 |
|
|
|
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Getting started, spring management, and feeding.
|
|
|
|
Chapters 4, 6, 7,8 & 9 |
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Swarming and summer management. |
|
15 |
Chapter 11 |
Chapters 9 & 11 |
|
Nectar flows and pollination. |
Nov 5, 2007 |
10,
17
|
Chapter 10 |
Chapter 14 |
|
Honey extraction; fall and winter management.
|
|
|
Chapter 7 |
Chapters 9 & 12 |
|
Pheromones |
|
13 |
|
|
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Diseases, pests, and pesticides. |
Nov. 26, 2007 |
19,
21 |
|
Chapter 13 |
|
Africanized bees. |
|
16 |
|
|
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Final Exam |
Dec.
7, 2007 |
Check your NEO Email Account for the Final Exam & Instructions
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10-WEEK SUMMER SEMESTER SCHEDULE
|
Topics |
Assignment Due Dates |
Required Reading |
|
On-Line Topic Notes |
The Biology of the Honey Bee |
The Beekeeper's Handbook |
| Bees and beekeeping; evolution of bees; races of bees. |
|
1,
2,
3
|
Chapters 1 & 2 |
Chapter 1 |
|
Colony organization and nest architecture. |
|
9
|
Chapter 5 |
NA |
| Anatomy of the honey bee.
|
|
3 &
5
|
Chapter 3
|
Chapters 1 & 2; Appendix A & B
|
|
Nutrition, development and castes. |
June 14, 2007 |
6
|
Chapter 4 |
Chapters 1 & 7 |
| Worker Behaviors
|
|
7,
8,
10
|
Chapters 6
& 7
|
Chapter2 |
|
Communication and Orientation |
|
11,
12
|
|
|
| Beekeeping equipment and apiary sites.
|
July 2, 2007 |
|
Review Chapter 5 |
Chapters 3, 5 & 7 |
|
Getting started, spring management, and feeding.
|
|
|
|
Chapters 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9: |
| Swarming and summer management.
|
|
15
|
Chapter 11
|
Chapters 9 & 11 |
|
Project |
July 11, 2007 |
|
|
|
|
Nectar flows and pollination. |
July 18, 2007 |
10,
17
|
Chapter 10 |
Chapter 14 |
| Honey extraction; fall and winter management.
|
|
|
Chapter 7 |
Chapters 9 & 12: |
|
Pheromones |
|
13 |
|
|
| Diseases, pests, and pesticides.
|
August 3, 2007 |
19 |
|
Chapter 13 |
|
Africanized bees. |
|
16 |
|
|
|
Final Exam |
August 7, 2007 |
Check your NEO Email Account for the Final Exam & Instructions |
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