Apiculture 11:370:308 (3 Credits)

Spring 2000 - Joerg Schmidt-Bailey

WED 11:30 - 12:50 and FRI 1:10 - 2:30 (Tentative time, can be TBA)

For all Students Interested in New Jersey's State Insect, the HONEY BEE

Class covers:

• The Evolution of Bee Social Behavior
• Interaction of Honeybees and Other Animals
• Bee Products: Honey, Beeswax, Propolis, Royal Jelly, Bee Venom and Their Use by Humans
• Identification, Morphology, Physiology, Natural History
• History of Beekeeping from Ancient Times to Today
• Bees as Pollinators of Wildflowers and Cultivated Crops
• Fieldwork: Trapping Swarms, Beekeeping Methology and Management, Production and Use of Bee Products.

For more information, call the Department of Entomology at 932-9459

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