Tuesday, January 12, 2016

2016 Beginner Bee School

The school will be held February 6, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • $30 per person
  • $15 for additional family member (no handouts or books)


Tentative Schedule
Beginner Bee School 2016
8:00-8:30am
Doors Open / Registration Begins
8:45am
Welcome/Opening Remarks
9:00am
Session 1
The Honey Bee-Larry Quicksall
10:00am
Demonstration
Lighting a Smoker-Rick Russell
10:15am
Break
Display Tables and Vendors
10:30am
Session 2
Eqiupment for the Beginning Beekeeper-Jim Livingston
11:30am
Demonstration
Extracting Honey-Matt & Andrew
11:45am
Break
Display Tables and Vendors
12:00pm
Lunch
Catering by Niemerg's Steakhouse
Display Tables and Vendors
1:00pm
Session 3
Getting & Feeding Your First Bees-Rick Campbell
2:00pm
Break
Display Tables and Vendors
2:15pm
Session 4
Your First Year of Beekeeping-Nick Brummer
3:15-3:30pm
Q&A Panel of Experienced Beekeepers
3:45pm
Door Prizes / Closing
4:00pm
Break-Down & Cleanup

Setup times will be announced later. Some last minute issues arose with the original venue, so the location will be announced soon.
We still need volunteers to help with setup and teardown, display tables (bee forage plants, top bar hives, ISBA/IQI etc.), registration and packets.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!