NY
Bee Wellness Workshops
http://nybeewellness.com/Home_Page.html
 The Empire State
Honey Producers Association (ESHPA.org)
will be offering an intensive 2 day, skills oriented, hands on
workshop. This is a Train the Trainer program to teach beekeepers
techniques in diagnosing, treating, and preventing honey bee
diseases. Primarily targeting New York beekeepers with less than 10
years experience and women beekeepers, participants from other states
are welcome as space permits.

August
10/11, Friday/Friday Evening/Saturday, Ballston Spa (Albany area) 
We
are asking beekeeping clubs or other groups to sponsor a team to
attend the workshop, as an investment to the beekeepers in their
community . There will be apiary field work
both days with a very low student/instructor ratio.

Cost:
150.00 for the initial student from a group, 50.00 for each
additional student from the same group –NOTE: This is a phenomenal deal, thanks to matching funds from
the Empire State Honey Producers and funds from USDA-NIFA. Scholarships are available.


Confirmed Instructors:
Larry Connor, Doug
McRory (2012 EAS Morse Award winner), Diana Sammataro  

Diseases
covered will be American & European Foulbrood, Nosema, Mites,
Chalk Brood, Viruses, CCD, and other bee maladies.
Topics
include:
• record
keeping & use of surveys
• Specimen
collection for in field testing
• How
to prepare specimens for lab diagnosis
• Microscope
use
• accessing
resources online
• preparing
an outline for teaching a group
• mentoring

Contact: Please contact Pat Bono
with any questions about the workshops, [log in to unmask] ,
            585-820-6619        
Register:  
http://www.eshpa.org/index.php/ny-bee-wellness-worksite/workshop-registratiom-form
    ESHPA
is committed to supporting a new generation of beekeepers in New York
State that reflects the diversity in our communities.
These
workshops are made possible through funding from the USDA NIFA
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program, Grant #
2011-494400-30631, and with matching funds from the Empire State
Honey Producers Association.
The
Empire State Honey Producers Association is the state organization
for beekeepers in New York; it is a not-for-profit group, and
welcomes new members. The group has been promoting the interests of
New York beekeepers since 1868. ESHPA.org


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