Eleventh Annual Field Day at the Baton Rouge Bee Lab

The USDA Honey Bee Breeding Laboratory and the Louisiana Beekeepers 
Association will hold the tenth field day on Saturday, November 4, 2006. 
The event will be held at the laboratory building and grounds near the 
intersection of Nicholson Drive (Hwy 30) and Ben Hur Road (1157 Ben Hur 
Rd.). This is about two miles south of the LSU football Stadium. Gates 
will open at 9:30 AM; activities are scheduled from 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM. 
A registration fee ($10 for adults, $5 for children) covers expenses 
including a catered lunch.

The field day will include activities for both beginners and experienced 
beekeepers. A program is enclosed. The morning program is for beginners 
and experienced beekeepers together, but in the afternoon the two groups 
will have separate activities. Please select your afternoon group (as a 
beginner vs a person with some beekeeping experience) on the 
registration form below. Presentations in the morning will focus on a 
retrospective of the past ten years of research at the laboratory. In 
the afternoon, the group of beginners will be introduced to some aspects 
of beekeeping. The other group (experienced beekeepers) will have access 
to a number of activities concerning the use of resistant bees, 
management of pests and diseases, beekeeping management, honey 
extraction and marketing of bee products (see enclosed program).

Those planning to attend must register by October 1 so the catered lunch 
can be arranged. For more information contact Allen Sylvester 
(225/767-9291), Sandra Hineman (225/767-9280), Alva Stuard (225) 
261-2032), or the website for the Louisiana Beekeepers Association 
www.labeekeepers.org.
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Harper's Honey Farm
Charles Harper
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(337) 298 6261

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