Beekeeping
Learn beekeeping or rent a space for your bees.
Intro to Beekeeping Program
Registration for the 2025 season will open in March.
Have you always wanted to keep honeybees but didn’t know where to start? Here’s your chance! Learn beekeeping from Dodge staff at Shepard Farm in Cottage Grove. You’ll work bees throughout the entire season, starting from a new package in spring, harvesting honey at summer’s end, and preparing the hives for winter.
Cost: $280/person
Bee Rental Space
Registration for the 2025 season will open in March.
Rent a space for your honeybees at Shepard Farm in Cottage Grove! You provide your own bees, equipment, and labor. Dodge provides the location, acres of natural area for your bees to forage, an orientation session, and a community of fellow bee enthusiasts.
Cost: $100/rental space for up to two hives in one season (April 1 to March 31). Spaces must be managed by adults—youth under 18 can accompany adults if noted on a minors permission form.
2024 Bee Rental Space Orientation |
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| Shepard Farm in Cottage Grove 8946 70th Street S |
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| Orientation Session Thursday, April 11, 2024 7:00 p.m. |
Send questions by email or call 651-789-5285. | |