orFeaturing:
Dr.Tom Seeley, Cornell University
Kirk Webster, Champlain Valley
Bees and Queens
Schedule
Mail Registration and Check to:
Bliss Honeybees612 Pierce Road
Medford, OR 97504
Sign Up Online at:www.blisshoneybees.org/
events.html
Pacific Northwest
Treatment-Free Beekeeping Conference
Science meets Earth-Friendly
Beekeeping July 26th-28th
2013
For full schedule and more information: www.blisshoneybees.org/events.html
Sponsored by Dunbar Farmswww.dunbarfarms.com
Friday 6:00pm-9:00pm registration
Saturday 6:30am-8:00am registration8:00am start5:30pm finish8:00pm concert
Sunday8:00am start2:00pm finish
Workshop Choices:-Nuc Making-Top Bar Beekeeping-Warre Beekeeping-Making Honey Ice Cream-Swarm Demos, Queen Marking, and Mite Counts
Sample of Topics:
-Making Varroa Your Friend
-Honeybee Democracy
-Bees and Community
-Sustainability of Honey Bees
-Rotational Grazing for Bees
-Top Bar and Warre Hives
-Wild Populations
-Bee Breeding for Non- Treatment
Sign up by April 1st
Sign up by July 1st
After July 1st
with room 260.00 280.00 300.00
local (room not included)
190.00 210.00 230.00
-Admission to all speaker talks and demonstrations-Choice of workshops-Admission to see musician Timothy Sellers play a whole set of entertaining bee songs on Saturday night; plus the CD “Bees” from his band Artichoke!-Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner on Saturday-Breakfast and Lunch on Sunday-Rooms with made beds Friday and Saturday night (if "with room" option is selected).-The opportunity to join a wonderfully supportive community, which is PRICELESS!
Dr. Tom SeeleyCornell University
Dr. Seeley studies bee behavior and intelligence and wrote Honeybee Democracy and the Wisdom of the Hive.
Kirk WebsterChamplain Valley Bees and Queens
Our nation’s first treatment-free queen rearer, Kirk raises resistant stock from Russian genetics.
Dr. Lynn RoyceTree Hive Bees
Dr. Royce studies mites, bees, and native pollinators and is an advocate and ally for honeybees everywhere!
Speakers
Dr. Deborah Delaney Researcher, University of DelawareDr. Sujaya Rao Researcher, Oregon State UniversityEliese Watson Founder, Apiaries and Bees for CommunitiesMelanie Kirby Queen Rearer, Zia Queen BeesMatt Reed Warre and Top Bar Expert, Bee ThinkingLes Crowder Top Bar Expert, For the Love of Bees
Also: musician Timothy Sellers plays a bee themed show!
DetailsCost
You are welcome
to bring you own
wine or beer to
enjoy responsibly
in designated
areas!
This includes:
For speaker bios and more information: www.blisshoneybees.org/events.html