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 |
Bee Biology Bee Stings |
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| 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.
Our Mission Is:
Education and Conferences,
Master Beekeeper Certification,
Honey Bee Research Grants