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QUEEN REARING WORKSHOPS

This workshop series will consist of four sessions  and are 5 hours each, May through June.  

 

Each 5 hour session will be scheduled on a Saturday or Sunday.     Saturday classes may be rescheduled to Sunday due to inclement weather  


If you are interested, please contact:  


Phone:   (508) 559-1046  


eMail:    wetlandsapiary@gmail.com 


Cost is $400 (cash)  

Registration starts at 9:30 am on Session One.


For the remaining sessions, class starts promptly at 10:00 am and will go until 3:00 pm.


Workshops tend to fill up quickly, so please register early 

What to bring?

2024 Queen Rearing Workshop

2024 Queen Rearing Workshop

You will need:  

  1. Bee Suit  /   Veil  /  Hive Tool
     
  2. Your own NUC  
    (Session 2)
  3. Snack, Lunch box, Drink
     
  4. Something to take  notes with
    (optional)


Prerequisite:  


     Certificate from
    Beekeeper School


2024 Queen Rearing Workshop

2024 Queen Rearing Workshop

2024 Queen Rearing Workshop

SESSION 1, SATURDAY, May 11, 2024 

  • Registration @ 9:30 + Class 10-3
  • Introduction to the Gilbert Doolittle Method   - Swarmbox & Finishing colony
  • Make up Mating Nucs with live bees and install Queen Cells
  • Shook Swarm Cell Starter and Finisher
  • Students graft with instruction


SESSION 2,   SATURDAY, May 18, 2024

  • Introduction to the Cloake Board Method
  • Students will bring their mating nuc to class and install a queen cell
  • Shook Swarm Cell Starter
  • Snelgrove board techniques
  • Students graft with instruction


SESSION 3,   SATURDAY,  June 1, 2024 

  • Guest Speaker, Paul Tessier, MDAR
  • Introduction to the Snelgrove Board
  • What Are and How to Use Brood Factories to raise Queens
  • Students will Evaluate their Mating Nucs
    - Finding Eggs   - Mark the Queen  


SESSION 4,   SATURDAY,  June 8, 2024 

  • Guest Speaker Scott Herbert, Cornell Master Beekeeper
  • Brood Factories
  • Snelgrove Board
  • Liquid Nitrogen Hygienic Test
  • Guest Speaker to be announced
  • Take home your new queen

GUEST SPEAKERS for the 2024 workshop

Paul Tessier

Scott Herbert

Scott Herbert

Massachusetts State Apiary Inspector


Paul Tessier started in 2017 with MDAR as a Seasonal Apiary Inspector in the Apiary Program. His family has been beekeeping for the past seven years and has a small sustainable apiary in Dighton, MA. He is not only knowledgeable about honey bees and beekeeping in Massachusetts, but also passionate about providing support to beekeepers. Paul transitioned to a Full Time Apiary Inspector in March 2021. 


Scott Herbert

Scott Herbert

Scott Herbert

Master Beekeeper, Cornell, NY

Owner of Charlton Bee Company


 In 2019, Scott decided to finally turn his hobby into a business. He started Charlton Bee Company, selling 3lb packages, overwintered nucs, locally raised queens, and of course, honey!

Owner of Charlton Bee Company, Master Beekeeper Scott Herbert, has been dedicated to learning all he can about honeybees. He has taken queen rearing classes, and completed Cornell’s master Beekeeping certificate program. He is VERY excited to be chosen to participate in the Penn State Northeast SARE funded EPIQ (Education, Production, and Insemination of Queens) Program through 2023.

Scott now teaches 2 sessions of the same WCBA Bee School he attended when he started out, and is also on the WCBA Board of Directors. He loves to talk about honeybees to anyone that will listen, and has done numerous talks at local libraries and Grange’s

Past and Present Workshops

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

Why raise your own Queens?

Raising your own queens is a part of sustainable beekeeping.   There are a number of benefits, including saving money, raising queens with survivor and disease resistance traits, requeening your own hive, and most importantly, learning a valuable new skill.

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