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The Chester
County Beekeepers Association will present beekeeping seminars at Westtown
School in Chester County, Pennsylvania on Saturday, February 23, 2008.
The Beginning
Beekeeping Seminar will
be instructed by Jim Bobb.
Jim Bobb is a horticultural and apiarian
educator, researcher and writer. An accomplished educator, Jim is a Penn
State Master Gardener, teaches horticulture classes at the Barnes
Foundation and is an instructor at
Longwood
Gardens. He is a docent at
many of the arboretums and gardens in the
Philadelphia
area and berths his hives at Morris Arboretum, Barnes Foundation,
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Pennypack Trust, Wissahickon
Valley Watershed and other public and private gardens and orchards
covering the five county area around
Philadelphia. Jim is the President of the PA
State Beekeepers Association and has been elected the next Chairman of
the Board for the Eastern Apicultural Society. This complete and popular
course is for people who are new to beekeeping.
The
Advanced Seminar, Thinking inside the boxes, will
have as its presenters, David Tarpy and Mike Palmer, both beekeeping
experts.
David Tarpy, Assistant Professor of Entomology, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC,
recipient of Eastern Apiculture Society Foundation for Honey Bee
Research Grant.
David received his MS from Bucknell University,
and Ph.D. from the University
of California (Davis).
His research interests address
the biology and behavior of honey bee queens. As Extension Apiculturist,
he coordinates the NC Master Beekeeper Program, maintains an apiculture
web site and he spearheaded the 2005 New Beekeeper Cost-Sharing Program
that created hundreds of new NC beekeepers.
Mike Palmer, commercial beekeeper, President VT Beekeepers Assoc, VT.
Mike keeps 800+ honey bee
colonies in Northern VT (Champlain Valley
including the Champlain Islands) and upper New York State.
He raises queens and produces nucs plus sells his premium light-colored
honey. He tests the over wintering of nucs when not skiing during the
winter months.
The morning and early afternoon programs will consist of individual
presentations on the various topics detailed below. The day will
include morning and afternoon snacks, a sumptuous lunch served in the Westtown
School
dining room, door prizes, and lots of fellowship. Directions to Westtown
School
(www.westtown.edu)
can be found at the bottom of this page.
The fee for the seminar (including food) is just $40 for pre-registered
individuals; $60 for pre-registered couples; and $45 for walk-ins.
The registration deadline is February 11, and attendance is
limited to 120 persons. Registrations received after the deadline will
be accepted (at the walk-in rate) only if seating is available.
Regrettably there’s no guarantee that walk-ins can be
accommodated—please pre-register.
For More Information, call George Biles at 610-873-4599 or email him at
gjbiles@yahoo.net
Hope to see you on February 23rd!
New
Beekeepers Seminar
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8:00-9:00
Registration and Refreshments
9:00-9:10
Welcome
9:10-10:30
Beekeeping is Fun
Cost and Time Commitment
Equipment Needed
Ordering Equipment
Assembling Equipment
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:30
Where can you have hives?
Preparing for Packages
Installing Bees
Stimulating Wax and Brood Production
Moving Hives
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-3:00
Bee Biology
How To Find The Queen
Will You Get Stung?
How To Work Your Bees and Examine Your Hive
Keeping Your Smoker Lit
3:00-3:30
Break
3:30-4:30
Honey Production
Nectar Sources
Extracting Honey
Integrated
Pest
Management
(IPM)
What about the winter?
Registering Your Hives
Sources of Information
Q & A
4:35-4:50
Door Prizes
4:50-5:00
Closing comments
Note: Topics subject to change based on group interest.
Advanced Beekeeping
Seminar 2008 - Thinking Inside the Boxes
8 – 9 AM
Registration and Refreshments
9 - 9:10 AM
Welcome and Organizational Remarks
(CCBA Officers)
9:10 - 9:50 AM
Honey bee Stocks &
Genetics
(David Tarpy)
9:50 – 10:30 AM
Over-wintering Nucleus Colonies - A plan for self sufficiency in the
apiary
(Mike Palmer)
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 – 11:40 AM
Genetic diversity and colony health
(David Tarpy)
11:40 – 12:40
Colony management – Ideas for maintaining strong colonies for honey
production
(Mike Palmer)
12:40 – 1:30
Lunch
(Westtown Dining Room)
Afternoon Sessions
1:30 – 2:15 PM
The power of queen rearing and
requeening
(David Tarpy)
2:15 – 3:00 PM
Producing quality queens - Selection of breeders, cell building, and
harvesting of mated queens for hobbyist/sideliners
(Mike Palmer)
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 – 4:30 PM
Panel Discussion & Questions: Swarm Control, Nutrition,
Mite Resistant Stock, African
honey bee movement
(David Tarpy, Mike Palmer, CCBA Senior Beekeepers)
4:35 -
4:50 PM
Door Prize Drawing
4:50 -5:00 PM
Closing Comments
DIRECTIONS top
To The
Chester
County
Beekeepers Seminar at
Westtown
School
:
Westtown
School
(610 399-0123) is east of
West Chester
,
Pennsylvania
.
From Rte 3 (West Chester Pike) and Rte 352:
Go south on
Rte 352 (at a traffic light) 0.4 mi. to Johnny's Way.
Johnny's Way is the second road to the right on Rte 352 South (where Rte
352 starts uphill.)
Go west on Johnny's Way 1.0 mile to the first stop sign. Go straight
across the intersection through the stone pillars onto the
Westtown
School
campus. Parking is on the
right in two adjacent parking lots.
The seminar will be held in the red brick school building at the far end
of the school lane.
From Rte 202: (from North or South Of
West Chester
on Rte 202)
Off Rte 202 at
the Rte 3 exit heading Eastward. Go south on Rte 352 (at a traffic light)
0.4 miles to Johnny's Way.
Johnny's Way is the second road to the right on Rte 352 South (where Rte
352 starts uphill.)
Go west on Johnny's Way 1.0 mi. to the first stop sign. Go straight across
the intersection through the stone pillars onto the
Westtown
School
campus. Parking is on the
right in two adjacent parking lots.
The seminar will be held in the red brick school building at the far end
of the school lane.
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DETAILED DIRECTIONS FROM OTHER POINTS AT
http://www.westtown.edu/directions/index.shtml
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