Welcome to our workshops! This spring the Tech-Transfer team is offering several workshops in Guelph and one in Frankford (hosted by the Quinte Beekeepers Association).
 
2008 GUELPH WORKSHOPS: INTRODUCTORY BEEKEEPING,
BEEKEEPING & INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
AND INTRODUCTORY QUEEN REARING

FOR ALL WORKSHOPS:
Lunch: Provided with registration fee. Coffee and snacks also included.
Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Orchard Park Office Centre, 5420 Highway 6 North, Guelph, ON

COST:
OBA members: $100.00 plus 5% GST for the day. (Total = $105.00 per person per workshop)
Non-members: $110.00 plus 5% GST for the day. (Total = $115.50 per person per workshop)

Note: Each workshop is limited to a maximum of 24 participants, on a first come, first serve basis. Contact the Tech-Transfer office at (519) 836-3609 or e-mail shrewless@yahoo.com for more information or to receive your registration package.

WORKSHOP #1: “INTRODUCTORY QUEEN REARING”
Date: Saturday May 10, 2008

This queen rearing workshop consists of classroom sessions and demonstrations with hands-on lessons in the bee yard. Topics include queen biology, methods of rearing queens, preparing a cell builder colony, grafting techniques as well as care and introduction of cells and queens. Each participant will receive a copy of the Ontario Queen Rearing Manual.

WORKSHOP #2: “INTRODUCTORY BEEKEEPING”
Date: Saturday May 24, 2008

This beekeeping workshop consists of classroom sessions and hands-on lessons in the bee yard. Topics include basic honey bee biology, beekeeping equipment, working in the bee colony, seasonal beekeeper responsibilities, harvesting and extracting honey and preparing bee colonies for winter. Each participant will receive a copy of the Ontario Beekeeping Manual.

WORKSHOP #3: “BEEKEEPING AND IPM (INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT)”
Date: Sunday May 25, 2008

This intermediate beekeeping workshop consists of classroom sessions and hands-on lessons in the bee yard. Topics include pest and disease biology and identification, monitoring for pests and diseases, record keeping, treatments and integrated pest management. Each participant will receive a copy of the Ontario Beekeeping Manual.

Note: If your local beekeepers' association has enough interest to fill a 24-participant workshop, arrangements can be made for the Tech-Transfer Team to travel to your area to teach the workshop(s). Contact the Tech-Transfer Office at (519) 836-3609 or e-mail shrewless@yahoo.com for more information.
 
2008 OBA TECH-TRANSFER WORKSHOP:
INTRODUCTORY BEEKEEPING
HOSTED BY: QUINTE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
Facilitated by: The OBA Tech Transfer Team

“Introductory Beekeeping”

This beekeeping workshop consists of classroom sessions and hands-on lessons in the bee yard. Topics include basic honey bee biology, beekeeping equipment, working in the bee colony, seasonal beekeeper responsibilities, harvesting and extracting honey and preparing bee colonies for winter. Each participant will receive a copy of the Ontario Beekeeping Manual.

Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008 Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location: NOD Apiary Products Ltd., 2325 Frankford Rd., Frankford, ON K0K 2C0
Lunch: Provided with registration fee. Coffee and snacks also included.

Cost: OBA members: $100.00 plus 5% GST for the day. (Total = $105.00 per person)
Non-members: $110.00 plus 5% GST for the day. (Total = $115.50 per person)

Note: Each workshop is limited to a maximum of 24 participants, on a first come, first serve basis.

Please bring a bee hat and veil, a bee suit (eg. coveralls) and suitable footwear, as there will be hands-on instruction and sessions in the bee yard.

REGISTRATION:

Contact Liz Corbett 613-395-1335, ebcorbett@sympatico.ca or Laurie Richardson,
613-478-2812, richlaurie@yahoo.ca for more information or to receive your registration package.

Please complete and return your registration to the address on the form as soon as possible, along with your payment (cheque or money order payable to The Ontario Beekeepers Association). This will ensure you a spot in the workshop.


For more information contact:

Virginia Steckle, Business Administrator
Ontario Beekeepers' Association
Bayfield, ON N0M 1G0
519-565-2622 phone
519-565-5452 fax