The Art of Queen Rearing Workshop
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility
University of California, Davis
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Due to the high interest, spring 2012 classes are full. We also will be offering these in Washington state, so please send in the application and let us know of your interest and if you would like to attend a summer class in Washington.
The intensive one-day workshop is designed to provide hands on instruction in what it takes to rear high quality queens. Basic biology and principals of queen rearing will be presented. Beekeepers will be involved in the various steps of the process including setting up cell builders, grafting, handling queen cells and establishing mating nuclei. The importance of drone production and establishing mating areas will also be presented. The class will consist of a combination of classroom and hands on beekeeping. Two basic queen rearing systems will be demonstrated, a queen right system and a queen less system.
Registration: $150. Optional Queen Tour: $50. Download application (PDF)
Optional Queen Tour, Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
For class participants who would like to see large scale commercial queen production, an optional one day tour will be offered following the workshop. We will visit northern California producers during their busy spring season. You will observe a diversity of techniques and systems involved in queen production.
Optional Tour: $50.
Download application in Word or PDF. Registration $150.
Optional Queen Tour, Wednesday, March 28. For class participants who would like to see large scale commercial queen production, an optional one-day tour will be offered following the workshop. We will visit northern California producers during their busy spring season. You will observe a diversity of techniques and systems involved in queen production. Optional Tour: $50.
Instructor: Susan Cobey
Classes are taught principally by Susan Cobey who has extensive beekeeping experience, including running a commercial queen production and bee breeding business.
Prerequisite:
Knowledge of basic beekeeping is required. Bring your bee veil.
APPLICATION
QUEEN REARING WORKSHOP |
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Class Registration Fee |
$150.00 |
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Susan Cobey
swcobey@ucdavis.edu |
Please make checks payable to UC Regents |
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University of California, Davis
Department of Entomology
One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616-8584 |
Commercial Queen Producing Tour Fee
(Optional) |
$50
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Address _________________________________________________________________
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Phone/Fax ____________________ E-mail ___________________________________
Level of Beekeeping (Circle one) Commercial Sideliner Hobbyist
Number of colonies you work with _____________________________________________
Briefly describe your beekeeping experience and plans for queen rearing:
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Optional Tour (Circle one) Yes No
| UC Davis registration form (PDF) and (Word) |
For Information:
Susan Cobey
swcobey@ucdavis.edu
scobey@mac.com
http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/
http://beebiology.ucdavis.edu/
University of California, Davis
Department of Entomology
Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility
367 Briggs Hall
One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA. 95616-8584
Telephone: 530-754-9390
Fax: 530-754-7757
