2012 Beekeeping Educational Opportunities

34th Annual Tri County Beekeepers Spring Workshop
March 2-3, 2012
Ohio State University ATI, Wooster
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Beeginner's Beekeeping Class
March 17, 2012
Call Paul Warster, 330-484-6184, for details

Advanced Beekeeping Class – "Going Commercial"
March 18, 2012
Bee Culture Magazine and The Medina County Beekeepers present a half day Advanced Beekeeping Seminar on Sunday, March 18, 2012 from 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM at the A. I. Root Meeting Room at 623 W. Liberty Street, Medina, OH 44256. This meeting room is on the South side of Liberty Street. Look for the Medina Beekeepers Sign. Refreshments will be provided.

Instructors
Kim Flottum, Editor of Bee Culture Magazine, and author of BackYard Beekeeping, The Honey Handbook and Better Beekeeping. Kim is Emeritus Chairman of the Board and President of EAS, and Past President of The Ohio State Beekeepers and the Medina County Beekeepers.

Dr. Dewey Caron, Emeritus Professor in Apiculture from Delaware, and author of Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping, The African Honey Bee in the Americas, and Observation Hives. Dr. Caron is Emeritus Chairman Of The Board and President of EAS, and Past President of WAS.

Dr. Larry Connor is President of Wicwas Press, author of Bee Sex Essentials, Increase Essentials and Queen Rearing Essentials. He has published a host of other beekeeping books, organizes the Serious Sideliner Course at the ABF meetings annually, and is a nationally known speaker on a variety of topics.

Topics include:
Winter and spring management for maximum population for Midwest honey flows

Using uncapped queen cells, capped queen cells, virgins and whole queens, looking hard at summer splits for expansion and swarm control

Controlling Varroa…what works, what doesn't and why, efficiency in time and cost

Managing diseases and other pests efficiently

Producing and marketing Varietal and artisan honey

Fall and winter management for optimal overwintering success in the Midwest

Queen production is not a part of this class. Due to timing, live colony work is not part of the class. All instruction will be inside. Instructors will be using, primarily, powerpoint material, but some hands on may be available. This will be a full four hours of instruction. Please arrive early and be prepared to ask questions after the class is over. There is no limit to the number of students for this class.

Fee is $60.00/person. A family of two $85.00. Some instructional material will be provided, and the book Better Beekeeping is included. Advance notice of attendance is required, but payment will be made the day of the meeting. For more information and to preregister, contact Kim Flottum at Kim@BeeCulture.com, or 330.722.2021. Registration closes Friday, March 9, 2012.

Larva Beekeepers - Beekeeping for Beginners
Beginning March 6 for five weeks
Buckeye Career Center, New Philadelphia
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"Gourmet of Beekeeping"
Buckeye Career Center, New Philadelphia
Begins April 17, five-week course
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