You’ll have to learn about the birds elsewhere, but three upcoming workshops will teach you all about the bees.

Atlanta-area beekeeper associations are offering a series of one-day courses, “An Introduction to Honeybees and Beekeeping.” Attendees will learn the basics about honeybees, plant pollination, Africanized honeybees and beekeeping.

The course will be especially valuable to students, teachers, Master Gardeners, beginning and hobbyist beekeepers and anyone interested in learning new things.

The program will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. on a Saturday. The same program will be at three sites: February 4 at the Asa M. Powell Expo Center in Newnan, Ga.

February 11 at First Methodist Church in Morrow, Ga.

February 18 at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell.

The $45 fee is the same in advance or at the door. It covers morning coffee, lunch, educational materials and instruction by the University of Georgia entomology faculty and master beekeepers.

You can learn more and get a preregistration form online at www.beekeepingshortcourse.com. Or contact either Martha Kiefer (770-668-0981 or rokmak@ comcast.net), P.N. Williams (404366-6404 or ehoney man2@ aol.com) or Wally Batchlor (770251-0479 or beeswally @netscape.net).