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Registration for 2013 Beekeeping Courses Now Open! (see “Courses” tab for details)

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  • Introduction to Beekeeping, Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, PA

Special Student Registration for Major Honey Bee Meeting in West Chester, PA, August 5-9, 2013

You have likely heard that honey bees are in trouble and may have vaguely thought about how you might help.  Attend the Short Course and Conference of the Eastern Apicultural Society, taking place August 5-9, 2013 in West Chester, PA, to learn how honey bees connect with the larger environment, and how bees and people are interrelated—at a special student rate of $20 per day.

Held on the campus of the University of West Chester in suburban Philadelphia, the meeting has multiple concurrent sessions including:

  • core beekeeping topics (e.g., choosing an apiary location, building equipment, seasonal hive management, diseases, honey production)
  • creating pollinator friendly habitats
  • microscopy sessions on honey bee anatomy
  • top bar hive beekeeping
  • candle-making workshop
  • sessions in the apiary
  • symposium on apitherapy

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