Beekeepers Educational Seminars
BEEKEEPERS EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS
April 8th and April 10th
at 6:00 p.m.
National
Guard Armory, 2761
Godwin Blvd., Suffolk,
VA 23434
Sponsored
by:
VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION
Pre-registration
is required and limited to the first 75 callers.
Please mark your
calendars and call Rexford E. Cotten at 514-4330 or 514-4331 today
or by April 4th, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. to
register.
Due to the decline in honeybee populations across the state of Virginia
and S.E. United States and their importance in food production,
Virginia Cooperative Extension Suffolk Unit have planned two
educational seminars for potential and experienced beekeepers.
These
seminars will cover and provide limited resources (Queens &
Hives as long as the supply last) made available by the General
Assembly to those interested in getting into beekeeping.
Agenda
are as follows:
April 8th (Tuesday)
Introduction to
and getting started in Beekeeping
Hive set up and installation of Packaged Bees
Locations of Hives relative to Sources of Food
April 10th (Thursday)
Pest Management in the Bee Hive - Disease & Mites
Supering Colonies for Honey Flow
Basic Colony and Queen Examination and Evaluation
Presentations will be covered by:
Mr. Keith Tignor, VDACS State Apiarist, Richmond, VA
Ms. Brenda Johnson, VDACS Field Representative, Williamsburg,
VA
Mr. Charles Hood, VDACS Field
Representative, Franklin, VA
Mr. Dan Hopkins, NDACS State Apiarist, Raleigh, NC
Mr. Adolphus Leonard, NDACS Field
Representative, Greensville, NC
The
National Guard Armory is located at 2761
Godwin Blvd., Suffolk,
VA 23434.
Click here
for directions. Dinner
will be served at 6:00 p.m. with 1-1/2 hour Educational Meeting
following each night. These
meetings are FREE of charge, however, small donation of $7.00 or so
will be accepted to help cover some of the expense.
Pre-registration is required and limited to the first 75
callers. Please mark
your calendars and call Rexford E. Cotten at 514-4330 or 514-4331
today or by April 4th, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
to register.
(If
you are a person with a disability and require any assistive
devices, services or other accommodations to participate in any
Extension activity, please contact your local Extension Agent at
least 10 days prior to the activity.)
Last update: Saturday, January 03, 2009
, P. Fisher
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