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July 2010
New Mexico
Tuesday
Hands-on Natural Topbar Beekeeping Classes with long-time beekeeper Les Crowder Certification Classes in Santa Fe, New Mexico April 25, May 16, May 23, June 20. Backyard Beekeeping in Albuquerque, New Mexico April 11, April 18, May 23. Backyard Beekeeping in Rio Lucio, New Mexico May 9, June 6. Out of Towner?s intensive in Rio Lucio, New Mexico August 19-22. www.fortheloveofbees.com or email fortheloveofbees@kitcarson.net (575) 587-2065.
fortheloveofbees@kitcarson.net
www.fortheloveofbees.com
Heartland Apiculture Society (HAS)
Thursday 07/8/10 - 07/10/10
The Heartland Apiculture Society (HAS) annual conference will be held July 8-10, 2010 on the campus of Tennessee Technological University (TTU) in Cookeville, TN. For more information contact Jim Garrison, President of HAS at jimg1850@live.com , or go to the HAS website at www.heartlandbees.com
jimg1850@live.com
www.heartlandbees.com
South Dakota meeting
Friday 07/9/10 - 07/10/10
The South Dakota Beekeepers meeting will be held in Aberdeen South Dakota on July 9th and 10 of 2010 at the Ramkota Inn. To make reservations call 605-229-4040 before June 8th the rooms will beheld for us to this date and be sure to ask for the South Dakota block the rates are $84.99 + tax.
The general meetings will start at 1 o'clock Friday the 9th with speakers and other information. The banquet and auction will be held Friday evening. Saturday morning will be speakers and an informal session with the business meeting starting around 10:30 am.
Advisory board meeting will start at 10 o'clock Friday morning prior to the general meeting.
New Mexico - Queen Rearing Workshop
Saturday
WHAT:In Her Majesty's Chambers: Intro to Queen Rearing Workshop
Conducted by Zia Queenbee Co. at home farm in Truchas, NM
8300 feet elevation in southern Rocky Mountains
WHEN:July 10, 2010 from 8am-5pm
COST:$150 includes manual, grafting tool, practice cell cups, live queencells to take home and instruction. Workshop overviews introductory issues pertaining to rearing One?s own queenbees including:
* Selection of breeders & establishment of gene pool
* Establishing and maintaining cell-builders
* Learning to graft appropriate larvae
* Selection and placement of drone supports
* Creation of Mating Nucs
*Establishment of mating zones/apiaries,
* Harvesting of mated queens
This is a hands-on course demonstrating each step of the process of rearing queens:
From the art of grafting To mature harvest.
For more info call Tel: 505/689-1287 Or email: ziaqueenbees@hotmail.com
ziaqueenbees@hotmail.com
Connecticut - Backyard Beekeepers Association
Saturday
During the summer on most Sundays between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. the BYBA's club wide queen rearing yard is open, please come visit. Each month we have timely inspection weekeends hands-on workshops, mentor program and more. All events are free and open to the public. Please check our web site for the dates and locations or more information at www.backyardbeekeepers.com
July 10: Hive Inspection Part 3: Mary Howansky
July 24: Honey Harvest: Ellen Zampino
Sept. 28: Stan Schneider Caste Interactions and Their Role in Colony Reproductive Decisions in the Honey Bee?
Oct. 26: Jennifer Berry ?Sub-lethal effects of in-hive pesticides?
Nov. 30: Allen Hayes on his unusual beekeeping tools and gadgets
www.backyardbeekeepers.com
New Hampshire
Saturday
Tracheal and Varroa mites are notorious killers of bees in New England. American Foulbrood disease is on the increase as dead hives are being robbed. Beekeepers must take timely steps to control these pests to SAVE THE BEES! Charles Andros, former NH/VT Apiary Inspector, will hold a beekeeping workshop from 1 - 3:30 p.m on Saturday, July 10, at 18 MacLean Road, Alstead, NH 03602. Look for the ?BEE? sign on the south side of Walpole Valley Road. The topics of discussion will be taking off and extracting honey, wax processing, treatment of mites and foulbrood, and making propolis tincture. Bring a veil, if you have one, as we shall be opening some colonies. We?ll be inside if it is a rainy day. Water and chair may also come in handy. Registration required. email: lindena@sover.net or call 603-756-9056.
lindena@sover.net
South Carolina Beekeepers Association - summer meeting
Thursday 07/15/10 - 07/17/10
The South Carolina Beekeepers Association will host its summer meeting at Clemson University, Clemson, SC on July 15-17, 2010. The meeting will be held in the Poole Agricultural Center Auditorium.
Meeting registration will begin at 12:00 noon in the lobby of the Poole Agricultural Center on Thursday, July 15, and the meeting will end at noon on Saturday, July 17. There will be a $10 registration fee for association members ($15 family) and a $15 registration fee for nonmembers.
The meeting will begin at 1 PM on Thursday with a 1-day beginner level beekeeping short course which will be taught by Mike Hood and other instructors. Featured speakers for the general sessions and workshops to be held on Friday and Saturday will be Maryann Frazier from Penn State University, Mark Carroll from the Carl Hayden USDA Honey bee lab in Tucson, Arizona, Laurence Cutts from Chipley, Florida, Ohad Afik from the University of Georgia honey bee lab, Athens, Georgia, and Jerry Freeman from Hamburg, Arkansas. Some of the topics to be covered will include: Africanized honey bees in Florida, honey bee health and nutrition, varroa mite and small hive beetle control, the chemical world of honey bees, new beetle traps, pesticide residue analysis, an update on colony collapse disorder in the US, beekeeping in Israel, and many other talks on beekeeping. On Friday afternoon, speakers will lead small-group workshops where beekeepers will have the opportunity to discuss many topics relative to beekeeping.
Friday evening activities will include a barbecued pork/baked chicken dinner ($7/plate), horseshoe pitching contest, smoker lighting contest, and great fellowship with other beekeepers. A honey and beeswax competition will be held during the meeting.
All beekeepers or anyone interested in beekeeping are invited to attend for a good time of education and fellowship. For further meeting information and lodging arrangements, contact Mike Hood, Executive Secretary - SCBA at (864) 656-0346, email: mhood@clemson.edu or check out the South Carolina Beekeepers website:
scstatebeekeepers.org
Pennsylvania - Delaware Valley College Summer Beekeeping Course
Friday 07/16/10 - 07/18/10
Delaware Valley College will present its annual summer Beekeeping short-course July 16, 17 and 18 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily).
This course is suitable for beginners and as a refresher course for more experienced beekeepers. This three-day course will combine lectures with hands-on experience in our bee yard. Topics to be covered include honey bee biology, communication (dance language and pheromones), beekeeping equipment, how to obtain and hive bees, how bees make honey, important nectar plants, harvesting and processing honey. Additional topics will include summer splits, spring, summer and fall management techniques and over-wintering nucs.
This course will be offered by Dr. Vincent Aloyo, a beekeeper with over 40 years of experience and Dr. Christopher Tipping, assistant professor of biology.
The cost of the three-day course is $160. To register and for more information contact the Department of Continuing Education at Delaware Valley College.
Phone: 215-489-4848, Fax 215-345-1599 Email: ContEd@delval.edu Or visit our web site: http://delval.edu/cms/index.php/delval/departments_sn/continuing/C251/
http://delval.edu/cms/index.php/delval/departments_sn/continuing/C251/
ILLINOIS - BASIC BEEKEEPING COURSE AT LONG LANE HONEY BEE FARMS
Saturday
Now that you have your bees, maybe you are starting to realize that you need to know more! No matter how many books you read, there's nothing that compares to a real course where you can open up hives, and have Beekeeper David Burns take you through the entire hive. Sign up now, so you'll have time to get your bees going strong for winter preparation! Saturday July 17th, 2010 9am-3pm here at our honey bee farms in central Illinois. For more information, visit www.honeybeesonline.com or call 217-427-2678.
www.honeybeesonline.com
New Mexico
Tuesday
Hands-on Natural Topbar Beekeeping Classes with long-time beekeeper Les Crowder Certification Classes in Santa Fe, New Mexico April 25, May 16, May 23, June 20. Backyard Beekeeping in Albuquerque, New Mexico April 11, April 18, May 23. Backyard Beekeeping in Rio Lucio, New Mexico May 9, June 6. Out of Towner?s intensive in Rio Lucio, New Mexico August 19-22. www.fortheloveofbees.com or email fortheloveofbees@kitcarson.net (575) 587-2065.
fortheloveofbees@kitcarson.net
www.fortheloveofbees.com
NY - Pesticide/Pollinator Symposium
Thursday
Sponsored by Alfred State SUNY College of Technology/Institute for Sustainability, The Western New York Honey Producers Association, The New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, and Bee Culture - the magazine of American beekeeping.
A steady decline in pollinator species has been noted for decades. Additionally, the increasing loss of honey bee colonies suffered by the commercial beekeepers that provide pollination services to commercial growers indicates that many food supplies are imperiled. This symposium introduces attendees to some of the recent findings related to honey bee and pollinator losses.
Presenting from Penn. State University/Center for Pollinator Research:
Maryann Frazier, Pennsylvania state extension entomologist - A survey of recent research findings regarding honey bee health.
Dr. James Frazier, Professor, Department of Entomology - Synergistic and sublethal effects of pesticides on honey bees.
Presenting from the USDA-ARS Honey Bee Pollination Lab in Tucson, Arizona:
Dr. Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Research Director - Do pesticide contaminants alter the microflora in healthy honey bee colonies?
Dr. Diana Sammataro - Beneficial lactic acid bacteria microflora of honeybees.
Dr. Kirk Anderson - Microbiota in the stored food sources of social insects.
Dr. Mark Carroll - Varroa mite attractants; potential solution for varroa mite/viral challenges to honey bees.
July 22, 2010. 10 AM - 11:30, 1 PM - 4 PM. Alfred State SUNY College of Technology, 10 Upper College Drive, Alfred, NY.
There is no cost to attend; we do however require registration through the New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group at the following e-mail - nysawg@gmail.com or at 716-316-5839. Include name, affiliation (eg. Grower, researcher/college , beekeeper/organization, etc), and phone # or e-mail address.
Note: For those wishing to bring a picnic lunch, a designated area will be announced at the meeting.
nysawg@gmail.com
Michigan 2010 Queen Rearing Class
Friday 07/23/10 - 07/25/10
2010 Queen Rearing Class at the
Connor Farm in Galesburg, MI
July: Introduction to Queen Rearing
July 23, 24 and 25
2010, 9776 E. HJ Ave, Galesburg
Friday- 2 pm ? 8 pm, Sat/Sun-9 am-3 pm
Fee: $275, includes Queen Rearing Essentials and supplies, breaks. Limited enrollment.
This course is for the beekeeper with minimal queen handling experience who wants to raise a few queens to several hundred over the course of the season. EMPHASIS ON MAKING SUMMER INCREASE NUCS (NUCOLOGY) AND USING YOUR OWN QUEEN STOCK.
All the basic aspects of queen rearing: starters, finishers and mating nuclei, will be set up and put into operation by students. This is hands-on beekeeping instruction in a small group environment! We will spend time discussing queen management from finding, replacing, introducing, using cells, virgins and mated queens and a whole lot more.
Camping at Fort Custer and Motels in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, some as low as $30/night.
To Register, click on the Wicwas Press Website www.wicwas.com, or send payment to Wicwas Press 1620 Miller Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Phone (203) 435 0238
www.wicwas.com
Connecticut - Backyard Beekeepers Association
Saturday
During the summer on most Sundays between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. the BYBA's club wide queen rearing yard is open, please come visit. Each month we have timely inspection weekeends hands-on workshops, mentor program and more. All events are free and open to the public. Please check our web site for the dates and locations or more information at www.backyardbeekeepers.com
July 10: Hive Inspection Part 3: Mary Howansky
July 24: Honey Harvest: Ellen Zampino
Sept. 28: Stan Schneider Caste Interactions and Their Role in Colony Reproductive Decisions in the Honey Bee?
Oct. 26: Jennifer Berry ?Sub-lethal effects of in-hive pesticides?
Nov. 30: Allen Hayes on his unusual beekeeping tools and gadgets
www.backyardbeekeepers.com
NY - Empire State Honey Producers Association
Saturday
The Empire State Honey Producers Association will be holding their summer meeting and picnic at Dyce Labs, Cornell University NY on Saturday July 24. For additional information, please go to www.eshpa.org
www.eshpa.org
ILLINOIS - Advanced Beekeeping Course
Saturday
Join us for our Advance Beekeeping Course Saturday 9am-3pm here at Long Lane Honey Bee Farms in central Illinois. Some people have kept bees for years, but because they keep repeating the same mistakes, they are not gaining years of beekeeping experience. Instead they are stuck in being a first year beekeeper. Take the next step, and leap into becoming a better beekeeper! Join Beekeeper David Burns for a day of Advance Beekeeping on Saturday July 24th, 2010 at Long Lane Honey Bee Farms located near Fairmount, Illinois. For more information, visit www.honeybeesonline.com or call 217-427-2678.
www.honeybeesonline.com
VT - Beekeepers Association - Annual Summer Meeting
Saturday
The Vermont Beekeepers Association will hold their annual summer meeting Saturday, July 24, 2010 at the Long Trail School in Dorset, VT. Registration & refreshments begins at 8:30 a.m. Meeting runs from 9:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and a potluck lunch will be served. Guest speaker: Prof. Marla Spivak of the University of Minnesota. For more information call Bill Mares 802-863-4938 or email: bill.mares@gmail.com
bill.mares@gmail.com
PA - Penn State Pollination Conference
Saturday 07/24/10 - 07/28/10
The Penn State Center for Pollinator Research is
Sponsoring an International Conference on Pollinator
Biology, Health and Policy
Pollinators are essential for both plants and animals in agriculture and natural ecosystems, but there have been dramatic declines in pollinator populations world-wide. Pollinator decline has not only alarmed the scientific community, but gained prominence in the popular press, raising the public?s awareness about threats to our ecosystem. The causes for pollinator decline are complex, and it is thought that a combination of many stressors are responsible, including pests, pathogens, environmental toxins, and disruptions in landscape ecology resulting in reduced nutrition and habitat. Addressing these issues will require multidisciplinary research approaches, the development of novel management and conservation practices, and a strong commitment to disseminate the results of these studies to students, the public, and policymakers. As part of its commitment to address pollinator health and conservation, Penn State has recently established a Center for Pollinator Research, comprising 26 independent research, extension and outreach groups across the university. One of the first goals of this Center is to bring together researchers, policymakers, and conservationists in an international conference on pollinator biology, health and policy, to begin to bridge the gaps in our knowledge that are necessary to address this complex issue.
When: Saturday, July 24, 2010 12:00 p.m. -Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Where: The Nittany Lion Inn, State College, Pennsylvania 16803. 800-233-7505
For Registration Questions Contact:
Office of Conferences and Short Courses, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, 301B Ag Admin Building, University Park, PA 16802
Toll free: 877-778-2937 or local 814-865-8301
Email: csco@psu.edu
For Program Questions Contact:
Christina M. Grozinger, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Director, Center for Pollinator Research, Center for Chemical Ecology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, Chemical Ecology Lab 4A, University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-2214
Fax: 814-863-4439
Email: cmgrozinger@psu.edu
Webpage: http://www.grozingerlab.com
cmgrozinger@psu.edu
http://www.grozingerlab.com
Turkey - Turkish Beekeeping Safari (BFD) Bees for Development
Saturday 07/24/10 - 08/5/10
Our very special Bees for Development (BFD) Beekeepers Safari to Turkey takes place only every second year, and will take place again this summer from 24 July to 5 August.
Our hosts in Turkey are generous and welcoming, ensuring everyone?s comfort and safety. The Safari includes bee experts, as well as professional tour guides. All who have participated in this Safari (in 2006 and 2008) have found it to be a fantastic experience, visiting places that are off the usual tourist circuit. You can read accounts at http://www.beesfordevelopment.org/safaris In addition, the March issue of Bees for Development (BFD) Journal features one of the log hive beekeepers that we visit during the Safari.
Places are limited and we are contacting you because you have expressed interest in our Safaris. The Safari represents exceptional value for the money, as the cost includes all travel from arrival in Turkey to departure, including four internal flights, all meals, snacks and accommodations, plus permits for national parks and reserves.
We are happy to assist if you need any more details about the Safari, and we look forward to hearing from you.
Helen Jackson
Bees for Development
PO Box 105, Monmouth, NP25 9AA, United Kingdom
Phone +44 (0)16007 13648
E-mail: info@beesfordevelopment.org
Web: www.beesfordevelopment.org
info@beesfordevelopment.org
http://www.beesfordevelopment.org
Massachusetts- Northeast Treatment-Free Beekeeping Conference
Thursday 07/29/10 - 08/1/10
July 29- Aug 1
2010 Northeast Treatment-Free
Beekeeping Conference
Leominster, MA
The focus of this year?s conference is ?What is the smaller beekeeper to do?? We will be hearing from several commercial beekeepers who have eliminated treatments in their operations, how they achieved their goals, and what they can recommend to smaller beekeepers who don?t have the advantage of hundreds of hives to start with.
Hands-on hive openings, top bar hives, panel discussions, and innovative increase methods will be highlighted.
Kirk Webster: Treatment Free Commercial Beekeeper/Breeder, VT
Dee Lusby: Treatment Free Commercial Beekeeper/Breeder, AZ
Sam Comfort: Former Commercial Beekeeper/Current Top Bar Beekeeper
/Breeder, NY/FL
Mike Palmer: Commercial Beekeeper/
Breeder, VT
Erik Osterlund: Treatment Free Commercial Beekeeper/Breeder and Journal Editor, Sweden
James Fearnley: Propolis Expert/Author and founder of BeeVital, UK
Yoon Sik Kim: Treatment Free Beekeeper/Writer/Poet, OK
Corwin Bell: Treatment Free Beekeeper
/Bee Activist, CO
Bruce Brown: Hive Product Merchant (Owner of C.C. Pollen), AZ
Laurie Herboldsheimer: Treatment Free Beekeeper/Author, MA
Dean Stiglitz: Treatment Free Beekeeper
/Author, MA
The venue is the beautiful Doyle Conservation Center in Leominster, the cost is $190 and includes 10 home-cooked meals.
The material here will be intermediate to advanced in nature?nothing difficult for a beekeeper with a couple of years experience. If you are new to beekeeping, we strongly recommend that you either come for the Beginning Treatment-free Beekeeping Intensive, or read our book for a background in the basics.
This year, we are also adding:
July 28-29, Beginning Treatment Free Beekeeping Intensive.
This is a 2-day course in beginning beekeeping from a treatment-free perspective. Thursday evening dinner will be shared with attendees arriving for the conference and we will have a program after dinner. Classroom instruction and course materials are provided. There will be hive openings, and an observation hive on site.
We are especially lucky to have Sam Comfort of Anarchy Apiaries join us. His expertise in top bar hive management places him in high demand as a speaker and teacher. Sam has wide ranging skills and experience (from bee breeding to almond pollination).
No Previous Experience Necessary.
The venue is the beautiful Doyle Conservation Center in Leominster, MA the cost is $60 and includes 6 home-cooked meals.
http://beeuntoothers.com/2010Conference.html
http://beeuntoothers.com/2010Conference.html
ILLINOIS - Queen Rearing Class
Saturday
Join us for another Queen Rearing Class scheduled for Saturday July 31, 2010 9am-3pm here at Long Lane Honey Bee Farms near Fairmount, Illinois. Our queen rearing courses fill up fast. Why? With constant struggles with queenlessness and queen disappearing it's time to take the next step and stop buying queens and start raising your own! It will be worth the investment. Join beekeeper and queen producer David Burns for the whole day as he teaches you how to raise queens. For more information, visit www.honeybeesonline.com or call 217-427-2678.
www.honeybeesonline.com
Pennsylvania Backyard Beekeepers Association
Saturday
A newly formed bee association has emerged called the ?Pennsylvania Backyard Beekeepers Association? or the PBBA. The PBBA is administered under the non-profit corporation status of Pennsylvania Apiculture Inc. (PENNAPIC). The association membership is open to all beekeepers, those interested in helping the honey bees, and all nature-loving individuals. We invite everyone to join the PBBA. The PBBA is focused on helping the backyard beekeeper with quality interactive social events, education, and support of the honey bee industry. We participate and support many other gardening, agriculture, environmental, and nature oriented groups.
The PBBA will be assisting in hosting of the annual summer picnic scheduled for July 31, 2010. The (7th annual) picnic, regularly hosted by Bjorn Apiaries and Oxbow apiaries at 180 Century Lane, Dillsburg, Pa. 17019, is open to all beekeepers from across the region and outside the state. A round table discussion of the coming events and programs of the PBBA will be offered.
More information on the Pennsylvania backyard beekeepers association, details of the upcoming picnic, as well as other programs administered by PENNAPIC can be found at www.pennapic.org or by calling 717-938-0444
www.pennapic.org