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QUEEN REARING WORKSHOPS

The 2023 Queen Rearing Workshop is currently Full.    However, you may contact us to be put on a waiting list 

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?

2023 Queen Rearing Workshop

2023 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


2023 Queen Rearing Workshop

2023 Queen Rearing Workshop

2023 Queen Rearing Workshop

SESSION 1, SATURDAY, May 13, 2023 

  • 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 20, 2023

  • 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 3, 2023 

  • 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 10, 2023 

  • Brood Factories
  • Snelgrove Board
  • Liquid Nitrogen Hygienic Test
  • Guest Speaker Ed Szymanski
  • Take home your new queen

GUEST SPEAKERS for the 2023 workshop

Ed Szymanski

Dave and Dorinda Priebe

Dave and Dorinda Priebe

Lunaria Farm and Apiary Franklin, Mass. 

CORNELL MASTER BEEKEEPER

Past President, Norfolk County Beekeepers Association 

Dave and Dorinda Priebe

Dave and Dorinda Priebe

Dave and Dorinda Priebe

Dorinda:  Following a career pivot from private practice to Public Health, Dorinda is a consultant to the Maine CDC in their School Oral Health Programs as an Independent Practice licensed Dental Hygienist. Serving as an EAS Certified Master Beekeeper, Dorinda is also a consultant to the NH Department of Agriculture, assisting her Master BK husband David in his role as Apiary Inspector. Both participated in a SARE grant funded initiative from which the New Hampshire Honey Bee Diagnostic Network was developed.


Dave: I have been keeping honey bees with my wife Dorinda since 2003. Our beekeeping focus is on the health and perpetuation of our own stock in a small apiary context. We manage a subset of our colonies at a NOFA certified organic farm where we provide pollination services. I have been an EAS Certified Master Beekeeper since 2011 and I am Apiary Inspector for the State of New Hampshire.

Past and Present Workshops

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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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