2012 Short Course
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Short Course

Subject to Improvement

Picking up on the skiing theme, there are three levels; Black Diamond - Expert;· ·Blue Square - Intermediate;· and Green circle - novice

Monday Black Diamond Blue Square Green Circle1
8:30 Assembly Assembly Assembly
8:45 Nucs – the “NEW” beekeeping
Dewey Caron

Queen Rearing
in the Sideline Apiary
Mike Palmer		 Getting Started
Equipment
Bees
Location
9:15

Increase Essentials
Larry Connor

 Bee Biology
Bee Stings
10:15 Break  Break  Break
10:45 Setting Up, Wintering & Using Nucs
Mike Palmer		 Gadgets & Gizmos
Allen Hayes		 IN THE APIARY
Working Bees/Reading the hive
12:00   Lunch  Lunch  Lunch
1:15 IPM
Diana Sammataro		 What are they doing in there – using Observation hives
Frank Linton &
Dewey Caron		 Package Bees, Nucs· & their installation
2:00 Pesticides
Diana Sammataro		 IN THE APIARY
2:45 Break
3:15
IN APIARY		 Reading Frames & Colonies
Don Hopkins,
Jennifer Keller,
Mike Palmer,
Bob Wellemeyer		 Reading Frames & Colonies
Don Hopkins,
Jennifer Keller
& Master Beekeepers		 Your Growing Colonies
Summer/Fall Management
Getting Ready for Winter
Tuesday Black Diamond Blue· Square Green Circle1
8:30 Keeping bees alive
Dewey Caron		 Value Added Products
Landi Simone		 Winter/Spring Management
9:15 Bees as Business
Kim Flottum		 Swarm Control
10:00 Break  Break  Break
10:30 Urban Beekeeping
Rich Wieske		 Value Added Products
Con’t.
Landi Simone		 Pests & Diseases
IPM
12:00 Lunch Black Diamond
1:15 Rearing Quality Queens
Larry Connor & Jim Tew		 Break the Brood Cycle
Erin MacGregor-Forbes		 IN THE APIARY
2:45 Break  Break  Break
3:15 IN APIARY – QUEENS, QUEENS QUEENS
Larry Connor,
Jim Tew,
Leslie Huston,
Master Beeks		 Reducing Stress in bees Con’t in apiary
Billy Davis		 Queens
Products of the Hive
Pollination
Bee Plants

1.· The Green Level is being taught by a team of three Master Beekeepers – Erin MacGregor-Forbes, Barry Thompson and Jon Zawislak.