Workshop Schedule
Workshops are held on Saturdays from Noon - 2pm weather permitting. Rain days are the following day. Workshops go into the bees and open colonies, so you are encouraged to bring a veil, and bee suit if necessary. Workshops are free and open to the public.
Schedule
| April 17 |
Unwrapping hives, first spring Inspection, Feeding light colonies, equalizing brood, winter kill diagnosis
SCOTT WILSON ETC. |
| May 1 |
Package Bee Installation (North Yard Only)
BILL MARES |
| May 8 |
Spring Management, Swarm control, reversing brood chambers, making splits, supering BILL MRAZ |
| June 5 |
Diseases, Pests, and Parasites, Checking for diseases, evaluating queens, re-queening colonies STEVE PARISE |
| June 12 |
Queen Rearing Workshop, Raising queens in the small apiary with Mike Palmer (St. Albans ) MIKE PALMER |
| July 10 |
Re-queening and Making nucs to winter over MIKE PALMER |
| July 24 |
VBA Summer Meeting Long Trail School, Dorset, VT |
| Aug. 7 |
Harvesting the crop; Removing honey from the bees. Tips on extracting, packaging, and marketing your crop; Fall Mite treatments JAMES GABRIEL (Champlain Apiaries) |
| Sept. 11 |
Preparing Your Colony for Winter; Feeding light colonies; Medications and miticides; Winter wrapping materials BILL MARES/RICK STONER |
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Directions
Northern Yard (Burlington):
At the Intervale in Burlington, just past Gardener's Supply (between
the brick house and retail outlet). Please park on the west side of
Intervale Road, cross the street on foot, and walk back behind the
two barns. Gardener's Supply directions at: www.gardeners.com/Maps+to+Our+Vermont+Stores/5577,default,pg.html
Southern Yard (Thetford): From the
south get off I-91N at exit 14 in Thetford. Take a left on Rt 113
and go 11 miles to the Husqvarna shop The Bee yard is in the field.
Look for signs on where to park. From the north go south on 91 to
exit 14 at Thetford. Take a right on Rt 113 and go 11 miles to the
Husqvarna shop. From the west at Chelsea take Rt 113 and go 11 miles
to the Husqvarna shop on the right
Questions?
Email Bill
Mares with questions about the northern workshops.
Email Bob
Eastman with questions about the southern workshops.
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