Austin 7th Annual Beekeeping Seminar

When:        Jan. 27, 2018 

Who:           Austin Area Beekeepers Association

Where:       Norris Conference Centers, 2525 W Anderson Ln #365, Austin, TX 78757

Cost:          $60

Register at:  https://aabaseminar2018.eventbrite.com

Why:

The mission of this daylong seminar is to educate people of all experience levels in sustainable science-based bee husbandry and to provide support to worthy bee charities. The lion’s share of the proceeds are donated to the Texas A&M Honey Bee Lab, the Texas Beekeepers Association Queen’s Program, the Texas Master Beekeeping Program and other bee charities. 

Description:

This is a daylong seminar offering 5 different educational presentations running concurrently every hour throughout the day. This will provide many beginning and advanced subjects to choose from. A separate beginner track has been formatted covering a variety of startup topics for soon-to-be or very-new beekeepers. A beginner beekeeper will learn the fundamentals of honey bee biology and behavior, how to select the equipment you will need, where to buy bees, how to set up your apiary, how to light a smoker, feeding, the fundamentals of honey extraction, queen finding, requeening and annual management.

For additional information you can email Lance Wilson at lance@beekeepinghelp.com

This organization is non-profit and 100% of the proceeds of this event will be used to promote sustainable beekeeping practices and provide support to bee charities.

Other Sessions will include:

-Honey Bee Management 1 and 2

-Nutrition Management

-Honey Bee Biology and Behavior

-Top Bar Management 1 and 2

-Effective Varroa Management for Robust Populations

-Brood Disease and Pest Control

-Swarm Capture Techniques

-Raising Queens

-Simple Queen Cell Production

-Learn Honey Extraction Techniques

-How to Grow Your Apiary Business

-Successful Sales and Marketing

-How to plant Beescapes

-Bees as an Ag. Exemption

-Queen Finding and Requeening

-Honey Bee Reproductive Biology

-Making Splits

-Cut-Outs

-Equipment Building Workshop

-Smoker Lighting Demo

-What Every Beekeeper Should Know About Foraging

-Impact of Miticides on QMP

-Varroa Monitoring Workshop

-Honey Bee Health and Nutrition

-Preparing for a Honey Show

Presenters:

Professor Juliana Rangel – Entomology at Texas A&M

Mary Reed - Texas Apiary Inspector

Mark Hedley - Owner of Spiral Horn Apiary

Dan Aurell - Texas A&M Tech Transfer Team

Ryan Giesecke - Trinity Valley Beekeepers President

James & Chari Elam - Owners of Bluebonnet Beekeeping Supplies

Dodie Stillman - Certified Texas Master Beekeeper

Elizabeth Walsh - Ph.D. Student of Entomology at Texas A&M

Tanya Phillips - Certified Texas Master Beekeeper

Karl Acuri - Austin Area Beekeepers Assoc. (Co-Organizer)

Becky Bender - Texas Master Naturalist

Brandon Fehrenkamp - Owner of Austin Bees

Pamela Yeamans – Certified Advanced Level Beekeeper (TMBP)

Chuck Reburn - Certified Texas Master Beekeeper

Ashley Ralph - Area Director Texas Beekeepers Assoc.

Steve Butler - Owner of Company Bee

John Swan - Owner of Wicked Bee Apiary

Dennis Herbert - Past Pres. of the Bell-Coryell Beekeeping Assoc.

Lance Wilson - Certified Master Craftsman Beekeeper (GMBP)

FREE Webinar on Bees, Wasps & Hornets- September 4, 2015

2015 All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series

Is it a wasp, a bee, or a hornet?  Why do I care?  Dr. Charles Ray of Auburn University will explain the difference between these creatures, and give practical tips for preventing hornets, yellow jackets and other wasps from ruining your next picnic. 

Moderated by David Koon  and Lucy Edwards, Regional Extension Agents, Alabama Cooperative Extension System. 

Click here to login as a guest and participate in the live event.   Note: on October 2, the link to the live webinar opens about 15 minutes before the webinar.  If you try to log in earlier, you will get an error message. 

For more webinars in this series, see All Bugs Good and Bad 2015 Webinar Series. The webinars are brought to you by the following eXtension Communities of Practice: Imported Fire Ants, and Urban IPM; and by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the University of Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture.

When: September 4, 2015 1 PM Central
Where: online webinar (you can learn in your jammies!)

New Pesticide Labels to Protect Bees and other Pollinators

Just a really quick post this week as the link will give all the information you need to know.  It's a release from the EPA on how pesticide labels will limit certain neonicotinoid products in areas where bees are active.