http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/79331_828.htm Events en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:00:00 CST http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/79331_828.htm?month=5&year=2013#cal77233 Beekeeping Institute June 17-21, 2013. The Beekeeping Institute is a series of classes over the course of five days to make you a well rounded, knowledgeable beekeeper. This week long institute is held at our honey bee facility in our new classroom building. Here?s the schedule: <br /><br />Day 1 Monday: Basic Beekeeping<br />Day 2 Tuesday: Practical Beekeeping<br />Day 3 Wednesday: Advanced Beekeeping<br />Day 4 Thursday: Queen Rearing<br />Day 5 Friday: Insect Photography<br /><br />EAS certified master beekeeper David Burns will teach along with other beekeeping experts. Lunch is included, as well as a workbook.<br />If you want to attend only one day, please call in to secure you seat. 217-427-2678 or visit online at: www.honeybeesonline.com<br />Long Lane Honey Bee Farms will be presenting their popular queen rearing course Saturday June 29, 2013 9am - 3pm at their new Educational Center in East Central Illinois. Every beekeeper can benefit greatly from learning to raise their own queens. With constant struggles with queenlessness and queens 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 EAS certified master beekeeper and queen rearer David Burns for the whole day as he teaches you how to raise queens. Call to register 217-427-2678 or visit online at: www.honeybeesonline.com http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/79331_828.htm?month=5&year=2013#cal76133 First Bee City USA to Host Bee City Immersion:<br />Proliferating Bee-Friendly Communities Across the Country<br /><br />Ashevillage Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to sustainable solutions in action, has partnered with the Center for Honeybee Research and the country's first Bee City USA, to bring together leaders from around the country to Asheville, NC, as they establish a national network of sister Bee Cities. The Bee City USA Immersion runs twice during 2013: June 21-30 and August 16-25.<br />Pollinators provide a vital ecosystem service: one in every three bites of food we eat is courtesy of insect pollination. Action is required to protect them and the environment in which they thrive to prevent our food system from collapse. Asheville is a community that has a thriving local food culture with some of the largest bee clubs and best bee schools in the nation. Home to the Center for Honeybee Research, in June of 2012 the city adopted the title of the first Bee City USA? in the country, but more importantly the responsibility that being a Bee City USA designee entails-leadership that sustain pollinators. The Bee City USA Immersion will share Asheville's wealth of knowledge, enthusiasm and success with community leadership teams from other bee active cities from across the country. The goal is to explore, immerse and activate the mission and vision of the Bee City USA initiative, making the world safer for pollinators, one city at a time. Participants will come together to strategize and pioneer the first of a network of sister bee cities around the country.<br />The Immersion will be comprised of: strategic planning, meet-the-­experts and project peer review; tours and field trips; workshops, demonstrations and knowledge sharing; and, of course, eating plenty of bee-­pollinated cuisine! Following the Immersion, the teams of city representatives will return home to activate the Bee City USA initiative in their own communities. Unique in its delivery and collaborative approach, this Immersion is a one-­of-­a-­kind experience for those who are dedicated to establishing or advancing vibrant pollinator communities.<br />Each Immersion will host 16 participants for an immersive experience. Participants will apply with: 1) Dedication to implement the Bee City USA initiative in their own community; 2) A team of three participating city representatives who will work together following the Immersion; 3) Ideally, one practicing beekeeper, one planning or policy-­related person, and one community organizer; 4) A team of people who are 21 years, or older, and can walk around comfortably. <br />Participants will stay at the Ashevillage Sanctuary: Downtown's EcoSweet Retreat, a premier one-­acre, eco-­urban demonstration site and living-­learning laboratory with a neighborhood CSA and guest house in downtown Asheville. Participants will leave buzzing with inspiration and knowledge to grow pollinator-­friendly communities.<br />For further information on the Ashevillage Institute please visit: www.ashevillage.org. Follow us on Twitter @Ashevillage. Join the Facebook group. For information about the Bee City USA initiative, visit Bee City USA.<br />For further inquiries about the Bee City USA Immersion contact: Margaret Marchuk, 828.669.5447, Margaret@ashevillage.org.<br /> http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/79331_828.htm?month=5&year=2013#cal79342 The 60th Annual Beaverlodge Beekeepers' Field Day will be held on Friday, June 21, 2013 at the Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Research Farm in Beaverlodge, Alberta, Canada.<br />The program will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will include outdoor demonstrations, as well as talks from professionals on the latest findings in bee research. <br />Don't miss the FREE noon BBQ sponsored by honey industry members. For more information contact Dr. Steve Pernal at: Steve.Pernal@AGR.GC.CA<br /> http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/79331_828.htm?month=5&year=2013#cal78093 JUNE 22, 2013: BASIC QUEEN REARING<br /><br />9:00AM-1:00PM<br /><br />Join beekeepers David Blocher and Leslie Huston of the the Back Yard Beekeepers Association and Dan Carr of Stone Barns Center as they explain the basics of queen rearing. Topics that will be covered include the biology of queen rearing, the Doolittle/grafting method, setting up mating nucs, and the pros and cons of alternative methods such as the Miller method or walk away splits. The purpose of this workshop is to establish a foundation to get started raising one?s own queens. Participants will learn about the timing, equipment, and entire process of queen rearing. Participants will also have the opportunity to try their hand at grafting larva into queen cups practically. This class is for beekeepers with at least 2 years of experience, who feel comfortable handling bees. Grafting kits (including a chinese grafting tool, simple cell bar frame, and plastic pin cups) are available for purchase but not required. To register, go to https://www.stonebarnscenter.org/products/growing-farmers-workshop-basic-queen-bee-rearing.html. <br /> http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/79331_828.htm?month=5&year=2013#cal75202 The Long Island Beekeepers Club will host Dr. James E. Tew, Professor of Entomology at Ohio State University, Extension Specialist and noted author who will lead a discussion on nucs, splits, and raising queens on a small scale from 2pm to 4pm at the Frank Brush Barn located at 211 E. Main Street (Route 25), Smithtown, New York. For further information contact us at http://longislandbeekeepers.org/ or 631-265-8249 http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/79331_828.htm?month=5&year=2013#cal65398 Connecticut: Back Yard Beekeepers Association<br /><br />Back Yard Beekeepers Association is pleased to announce our 2013 Speaker Schedule:<br /> <br />June 25, Dinner Meeting <br />September 24, Toni Downs on Beekeeping in the tropics<br />October 29, Jennifer Berry, Topic TBD <br />November 19, Jim Bobb on bee friendly plants & how bees & plants go together<br /><br />Each month we have timely weekend hands on inspection workshops, bee school, mentor program and more. <br />All events are free and open to the public. <br />Please check our web site for the dates and locations or more information at www.backyardbeekeepers.com http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/79331_828.htm?month=5&year=2013#cal70987 Rogue Ales and Spirits will be hosting the First Annual Great American Honey Festival. The event will be all things bees, honey and mead.<br />http://rogue.com/events/events-annual-rogue.php http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/79331_828.htm?month=5&year=2013#cal77232 Illinois State Beekeepers <br />Association Annual Summer Meeting<br />Gurnee Holiday Inn Convention Center <br />6131 West Grand Avenue<br />Gurnee, Illinois 60031<br />June 29, 2013<br /><br />The Illinois State Beekeepers Association will hold their Summer Meeting on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at the Gurnee Holiday Inn Convention Center, Gurnee, Illinois. The meeting will be co-hosted by the Lake County Beekeepers Association. All attendees must register by June 20, 2013; we will not be able to accommodate any walk-in registrations.<br />Dr. Larry Connor will be the keynote speaker for the meeting. Dr. Dewey Caron, Steve Chard and Phil Craft will also give presentations at the meeting.<br />The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m. Lunch is included in the registration fee. The registration form is available on the Illinois State Beekeepers Association website, www.ilsba.com<br /> http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/79331_828.htm?month=6&year=2013#cal76750 Jane Sueme, Communications, HAS<br /><br />The 2013 Heartland Apicultural Society Conference will be held July 11 - 13th on the Tennessee Tech University campus in Cookeville, about 150 miles west of Smoky Mountains National Park in central Tennessee.<br /><br />This premier regional conference will be swarming with instructional programs in the classroom and "hands-on" classes in the apiary. Class programs are designed for beekeepers at all levels of beekeeping skill development from beginners to seasoned veterans. Classroom sessions include: Basic bee biology, beekeeping equipment for new beekeepers--what you really need, urban beekeeping, producing comb honey, setting up a small scale pollination business, setting up an online beekeeping business, removing colonies from buildings and trees, pollen sources for honey bees, introducing queens, Varroa mite biology and their migration between honey bee colonies, Africanized bees what to expect in the future, collecting and selling pollen, small hive beetle biology and management and more. There will be a Queen Rearing Short Course that includes topics such as honey bee genetics, drone and queen mating and biology, setting up starter and finisher hives, grafting and non-grafting methods for raising queens, how to start a breeding program and selecting good traits. Apiary sessions include, making and using nucs, understanding what you're seeing in a hive during colony inspection, honey bee behavior, and using a double screen. The Bee Lab sessions will include Nosema diagnosis, candle and soap making, making lotion bars, lip balms and salves and cooking with honey. Sustainable beekeeping topics include: a "survivor" panel of experienced beekeepers who keep bees without mite or other treatments, how to set up a regional queen and nuc project, state "queen projects" and more.<br /><br />Speakers presenting at HAS this year include: Jennifer Berry, Phil Craft, Debra Delaney, Kim Flottum, Jim Garrison, Jeff Harris, Jerry Hayes, Zach Huang, Greg Hunt, Wyatt Mangum, Tony Prettyman, Juliana Rangel-Posada, John Skinner, Jim Tew, John Timmons and others. <br /><br />There will be a large vendor show, evening social events, and sightseeing tours in the Cookeville area.<br />Special rates for HAS guests will be offered at nearby hotels, with meals available on-campus. The evening social gathering on campus is a great time to meet fellow beekeepers from the region - Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, West Virginia and beyond! <br />According to Stu Jacobson, HAS Program Director, the Heartland Apiculture Society was founded in 2001 by Tom Webster of Kentucky State University, Greg Hunt of Purdue and Zach Huang of Michigan State University to provide a economical regional 3-day beekeeping conference every summer, with instruction from the country's premier beekeepers and educators along with an opportunity for hands-on training.<br /><br />Member states include Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Tennessee and West Virginia <br /><br />Pre-registration forms and program details will be available for downloading at http://www.heartlandbees.com. Forms will need to be returned by mail only (no on-line submission) to HAS Treasurer, 15275 Meacham Road, Bluff Springs, KY 42240-8484.<br /> http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/79331_828.htm?month=6&year=2013#cal79330 The summer meeting of the North Carolina State Beekeepers will be held July 11-13, 2013, at Sandhills Community College in Southern Pines, NC. Presenters will include Dr. Larry Connor, Dr. David Tarpy, Ross Conrad, Dan Conlon, Virginia Webb and others. More information www.ncbee<br />keepers.org (704) 358-8075.