Friday, January 26, 2018

2018 All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series- FREE!

The 2018 All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series kicks off Friday, February 2nd  at 1 pm CST! 


Our speaker, Norm Haley,  from Alabama Extension, will be will be discussing “Feral Hogs, Ecology, and Control”.  The webinar will be recorded, so you can watch it any time.  To watch a webinar, just log in as a guest 15 minutes before the webinar begins. Please share this with anyone who might be interested. You can find the login information below. Thank you for supporting our program and we hope you listen in on February 2nd!

Event starts: Friday, February 2 at 2:00 pm EST
Event ends: Friday, February 2 at 3:00 pm EST

As the numbers of feral hogs continue to rise in the United States, so do the problems that they create. Get a plan! Learn about their biology, distribution, and management strategies in this webinar presented by Norm HaleyAlabama Extension. Moderated by Mallory Kelley and David Koon, Regional Extension Agents, Alabama Extension. The link to the event will be https://auburn.zoom.us/j/209793415. Note: on February 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 2018 All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series. The webinars are brought to you by the following eXtension Communities of Practice: Ant Pests, and Urban IPM; and by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ServiceClemson Cooperative Extension and University of Georgia Extension.

Here's the skinny on the full line up for 2018:

February 2 Feral Hogs, Ecology, and Control by Norm Haley

March 2 Misidentified Pests in the Landscape by Erfan Vafaie

April 6 Argentine Ants and Others by Dr. Eric Benson

May 4 What Everyone Must Know About Fleas by TBA

June 1 Attracting Pollinators to Our Yards by Molly Keck

August 3 Bees, Wasps, and Hornets, Oh My! byLynn Braband

September 7 Winterizing Your Home to Keep Out Pests byJanet Hurley

October 5 Structural Misidentified Pests by Wizzie Brown

November 2 Lice, Scabies, and Mites by Dr. Nancy Hinkle

December 1 Pantry Pests by Dr. Dan Suiter


Wednesday, January 3, 2018

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


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. 
honey bee on passion flower



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)