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

Portland, Oregon

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

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