{"id":28040,"date":"2026-01-19T10:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=28040"},"modified":"2026-01-19T10:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:12:10","slug":"bee-school-with-crossroads-beekeepers","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/calendar\/28040-bee-school-with-crossroads-beekeepers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee School with Crossroads Beekeepers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-tribe_events pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>On Saturday, February 21<sup>st<\/sup> from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Crossroads Beekeepers will be holding their annual bee school at the University of Illinois Extension Center, at 1209 North Wenthe in Effingham.\u00a0\u00a0This year&#8217;s bee school is for anyone interested in beekeeping and will focus on basic skills and information needed for the beginning beekeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Class\u00a0topics include <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Understanding the Honeybee<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hive Components and Equipment<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Getting and Feeding Your First Bees<\/span>,\u00a0and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Your First Year of Beekeeping<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the speakers, there will be educational displays created by club members and live\u00a0demonstrations on lighting a smoker and extracting honey from frames.<\/p>\n<p>Doors will open for check-in at 8:15am.\u00a0 The first session will start at 9:00am and the school will finish at 4:00pm<\/p>\n<p>The cost to attend this all-day bee school is $35.00 and includes the classes, presentation handouts, sample copies of beekeeping journals, refreshments and a catered lunch.\u00a0\u00a0Those registered for the Beginning Beekeeping workshop will also receive the book \u201cFirst Lessons in Beekeeping\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0Registration deadline is Wednesday, February 11th.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to registration for the bee school, visit the club\u2019s website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/crossroads.clubexpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/crossroads.clubexpress.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1768922000465000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1_ub6yG5ckpwkbuQcFzp-H\">http:\/\/crossroads.<wbr \/>clubexpress.com<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Crossroads Beekeepers is a local beekeeping club based in Effingham and has been serving area beekeepers since 2010.\u00a0\u00a0Club meetings are on the second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement of the University of Illinois Extension Center.<\/p>\n<p>For more information regarding the bee school, please contact Larry Quicksall at 217-347-5937.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, February 21st from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Crossroads Beekeepers will be holding their annual bee school at the University of Illinois Extension Center, at 1209 North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[40],"class_list":["post-28040","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-community-calendar","cat_community-calendar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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