Florida’s Bee College Returns Contact: Jeannette Klopchin, 352-273-3932,
jklopchin@ufl.edu
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The state’s biggest educational event for honey bee hobbyists, professionals and anyone interested in honey bees– Bee College -- is back for a fifth year. University of Florida officials announced this week. UF’s Honey Bee Research and Ex- tension Laboratory has organized and hosted the event since 2008. This year’s event will be held at the UF Whitney Marine Laborato- ry in Marineland, Fla., March 9-10.
The two-day event offers classes for beekeepers of all ages and ex- perience levels, gardeners, naturalists, county agents and anyone else who might be interested in the topic. The course lineup has been refreshed and may appeal to those who’ve attended in the past, organizers said. More speakers have also been added, includ- ing international- and national-caliber experts.
The Junior Bee College event also returns, and will be held March 10. Children ages 6 through 16, teachers and parents are encour- aged to register and attend. Some of the new Bee College courses include: Integrated Pest Management, swarm control, mead mak- ing, gourmet honey cookery, building observation hives and bees- wax encaustic painting.
Coupled with the event is the annual honey show, the state’s larg- est competition of its kind. A best of show winner will be chosen from 13 show classes. Registration begins this month, and informa- tion can be found at
http://ufhoneybee.com or in this month’s issue of Melitto Files, mailed to all registered beekeepers.
The cost is $115 per person to attend for one day or $175 for both days. The Bee College will again host a table for the State Associa- tion inviting any local association to also put out fliers or informa- tion about their activities. Check with your officers to see what your club is doing. Contact Elaine Suber for further details: e- mail:
misselaineous@comcast.net Tel: 850-443-1055.
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