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

MondayBlack DiamondBlue SquareGreen Circle1
8:30AssemblyAssemblyAssembly
8:45Nucs – 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
10:15Break Break Break
10:45Setting Up, Wintering & Using Nucs
Mike Palmer		Gadgets & Gizmos
Allen Hayes		IN THE APIARY
Working Bees/Reading the hive
12:00  Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:15IPM
Diana Sammataro		What are they doing in there – using Observation hives
Frank Linton &
Dewey Caron		Package Bees, Nucs· & their installation
2:00Pesticides
Diana Sammataro		IN THE APIARY
2:45Break
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
TuesdayBlack DiamondBlue· SquareGreen Circle1
8:30Keeping bees alive
Dewey Caron		Value Added Products
Landi Simone		Winter/Spring Management
9:15Bees as Business
Kim Flottum		Swarm Control
10:00Break Break Break
10:30Urban Beekeeping
Rich Wieske		Value Added Products
Con’t.
Landi Simone		Pests & Diseases
IPM
12:00LunchBlack Diamond
1:15Rearing Quality Queens
Larry Connor & Jim Tew		Break the Brood Cycle
Erin MacGregor-Forbes		IN THE APIARY
2:45Break Break Break
3:15IN 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.


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