Johnston Community Education

Course Description: For people who are new to beekeeping or are experienced and are seeking an additional foundational learning. Basic beekeeping topics covered in the text book (First Lessons in Beekeeping by Delaplane) include: honey bee biology and ecology, bee hive siting and set-up and how to start, management for honey production, harvesting products of the hive/business, off-season management, and disorders/parasites/predators. All students in Beekeeping 101 and 201 will receive a free copy of "A Beekeeper's Year" (prairie edition) at the last class. Course includes classroom time plus an on-site hive inspection. Date and time of inspection to be determined. Notes for this class are available to purchase, $13! Search "Beekeeping 101 Notes" to purchase the class notes the same way you would register for a class. Logistics: Beekeeping 101 notes are optional. Purchase by searching 'Beekeeping 101 Notes' on Eleyo Class will take place at the Summit Middle School Library Instructor: Julia McGuire Julia McGuire helps beginning beekeepers master basic skills and advanced beekeepers learn niche topics. She's kept bees in central Iowa since 2011 with a high rate of winter survival, has experience in filing ELAP due to tornado loss, and has recently taught beekeeping through the Farmer-to-Farmer program to rural populations in Jamaica and Honduras.

Beekeeping 101 Notes: If you would like to purchase the presentation content delivered by our Beekeeping 101 instructor, this is your option to do that. The presentation slides will be emailed to you 48 hours prior to the start of the Beekeeping 101 class by Johnston Community Education. The presentation consists of approximately 100 PowerPoint slides. You will receive the file in a fillable-PDF format so that you have the option to print the notes and bring them with you OR bring a laptop to class and take notes right on the slides. This presentation was created by our instructor, Julia McGuire, for the Beekeeping 101 class. She hopes that the notes will be a great resource for participants after the class ends, but also requests that you not share the notes with others who have not taken the class.

Course Description: For beekeepers who have at least one winter (successful or unsuccessful) under their belt. Topics include splits, spring feeding, swarm and advanced colony management, and integrated pest management for varroa mites; includes at least one field day (TBD). All students in Beekeeping 101 and 201 will receive a free copy of "A Beekeeper's Year (prairie edition)" at the last class. Notes for this class are available to purchase, $13! Search "Beekeeping 201 Notes" to purchase the class notes the same way you would register for a class. Logistics: Beekeeping 101 notes are optional. Purchase by searching 'Beekeeping 101 Notes' on Eleyo Class will take place at the Summit Middle School Library Instructor: Julia McGuire Julia McGuire helps beginning beekeepers master basic skills and advanced beekeepers learn niche topics. She's kept bees in central Iowa since 2011 with a high rate of winter survival, has experience in filing ELAP due to tornado loss, and has recently taught beekeeping through the Farmer-to-Farmer program to rural populations in Jamaica and Honduras.

Beekeeping 201 Notes: If you would like to purchase the presentation content delivered by our Beekeeping 201 instructor, this is your option to do that. The presentation slides will be emailed to you 48 hours prior to the start of the Beekeeping 201 class by Johnston Community Education. The presentation consists of approximately 100 PowerPoint slides. You will receive the file in a fillable-PDF format so that you have the option to print the notes and bring them with you OR bring a laptop to class and take notes right on the slides. This presentation was created by our instructor, Julia McGuire, for the Beekeeping 201 class. She hopes that the notes will be a great resource for participants after the class ends, but also requests that you not share the notes with others who have not taken the class.

Course Description: In what could be the most enlightening webinar you’ve ever taken, our instructor and professional voice coach will show you how you can actually begin using your speaking voice for commercials, films, videos, and more. Most people go about it the wrong way. In this introductory class, you will learn about a unique, outside the box way to break into this creative, fulfilling, and potentially lucrative industry. Voice-overs can be managed on your own terms, on your own turf, in your own time, and with minimal overhead! Whether you choose to pursue voice-overs part-time or full-time, this could be the game changer you’ve been looking for. In addition to online instruction, you will be given the opportunity to book a 1-on-1 script read and voice evaluation via telephone with your instructor for the following day. Logistics: This class will be presented via Zoom. You will receive a link 24 hours prior to the class. Instructor: Lisa Foster, with 18 years of experience in voice-overs and broadcasting, has one of the most versatile voices in the industry. She has written and voiced live and recorded commercials for dozens of businesses and corporations including Crest Toothpaste, Olay, Café Appassionato, LA Weight Loss, Advanced Laser Clinics and Sleep Train. Foster has done numerous local and national spots, from website narratives and computer games to commercials and even comedy bits! She is a well-known on-air radio personality in the Seattle broadcast market, and with her state-of-the-art home recording studio, she is now being heard all over the world! Lisa loves to talk, especially about voice-overs! Won’t you join her? Lisa is a member of SaVoa, the Society of Accredited Voice Over Artists.