The Lehigh Valley Beekeepers Association will hold a sessions "Introduction to Beekeeping" from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 19, and March 5 and 19.

All classes, as well as planned field trips to the club apiary for hands on experience, will be at Lehigh Carbon Community College, 4525 Education Park Drive, Schnecksville.

Building and classroom information will be provided to registrants prior to the first class.

Youth under the age of 16 years, accompanied by an adult, are invited to register at a reduced fee per student.

Classes will cover basic bee biology; necessary equipment; setting up the hive and adding the bees; a typical year in the life of a beekeeper; honey bee pests and treatment options and the always popular small group workshops on assembling hives and components, hive ventilation, feeding and honey extraction.

Class size is limited.

Instructors will be Association beekeepers including some of whom are certified master beekeepers.

This 93 year old Association includes members from the Poconos to Bucks County to New Jersey and west to Lebanon County and tops 150 members.

Registration can also be processed by visiting the association's website at http://www.lehighvalleybeekeepers.org or by contacting Steve Finke, LVBA president at sjfinke@msn.com or calling 610-737-7676.