Learn to Build Round Hives Out of Natural Materials
Date: October 5-6, 2018
Time: Friday from 2pm-6pm; Saturday from 9am-5pm
Spikenard’s New Hive and Sun Hive
Date: October 5-6, 2018
Time: Friday from 2pm-6pm; Saturday from 9am-5pm
Spikenard’s New Hive and Sun Hive
Date: Wednesday – Saturday, August 15-18, 2018.
Time: 9am-5pm daily
Note: cost includes lunch and snacks each day
An opportunity to renew, rejuvenate, reconnect and rejoice at the Sanctuary, with honeybee therapy, garden therapy, perception exercises, painting, music, inspiring lectures, group discussion and biodynamic food.
Formerly known as the “One Week Intensive”
Date: July 11-14, 2018
Time: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 9am-5pm
A four day workshop dedicated to the Honeybees and Waldorf Schools, in light of the 100-year anniversary (celebration) of Waldorf Schools in the world. This workshop includes pedagogical tools for teaching about the bees and a workbook for bringing bees into the schools. Practical work with the bees is part of the workshop as well as guidance for pollinator planting and transforming the gardens and landscape.
Cost includes 2 snacks, and lunch each day.
Cost: $465.00
Date: May 5, 2018
Time: Saturday: 1pm-5pm
For families who want to learn about the magic of bees together with their children and go home with a small pollinator condo for the native bees! We have some of the best pollinator flowers to plant for sale.
Cost of $45.00 is per family.
Time: 9am-2:00pm (Registration 8:30am, class begins at 9am)
Come join us for an exciting workshop focused exclusively on the principles and practices of top bar beekeeping!
Workshop topics include, but are not limited to:
Position and Form: Working with roundness in the horizontal
Top bar methodology
Comb Management
Tasks and care from March-September
Feeding, Treatments, Monitoring
Cost: $75.00
Date: August, 25, 2018
Time: Saturday: 8:30am: Registration opens; class begins 9:00am – 5:00pm
Suggestions for a successful overwintering and new start in the spring
Date: Saturday, May 19, 2018
Time: Saturday: 8:30am: Registration opens; class begins 9:00am – 5:00pm
Hands-on guidance in beekeeping tasks through the spring and summer months, from swarm catching and growing the apiary to heath checks, expansion, wax management, and more. This is the third class in our four-part series on basic beekeeping and is intended as a continuation of Principles & Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping.Topics covered include:
Date: Friday and Saturday, March 16 – 17, 2018
Time: Friday: Registration – 8:30am; class begins 9:00am – 5:00pm, Saturday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
This is Spikenard’s basic class in biodynamic/sustainable beekeeping methods. This workshop will offer in-depth advice for those who want to have bees and for those who had bees and want to start again.
Spikenard’s basic class in biodynamic/sustainable beekeeping methods. This is the first day of the two day workshop that will offer in-depth advice for those who want to have bees and for those who had bees and want to start again.
Date: Saturday and Sunday, February 3-4, 2018
Time: Saturday: 3:00pm – 6:00pm / Sunday: 9:00am – 4:00 pm
For experienced biodynamic beekeepers – a pedagogical training of Spikenard beekeeping methods and guidance for those who want to deepen their own teaching and further Spikenard Biodynamic Beekeeping in the world.