May 19th, Saturday, 9:00 am ??? 4:00 pm.?? Registration at 8:30am.
Overcup Baptist Church, 1203 E. 1325 Ave. Vandalia, IL
This is a one-day queen-rearing workshop designed to provide information and hands on instruction for rearing quality queens. Included is instruction on selecting queen genetics, identifying desired traits in bees, and how to breed for them. Grafting and non-grafting methods of queen rearing will be covered as well as the use of the Cloake Board and Starter Hives for raising queen cells.
Each participant will take home a grafting tool, cell bar, queen cups, class handouts, and a copy of ??Queen Rearing Essentials??? Second Edition by Larry Connor. Participants should have a minimum of two years of beekeeping experience and should be conversant with queen rearing concepts and terms such as found in Laidlaw and Paige???s ??Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding??? or as found on the Michael Bush web site. Instructors are: David Dhom, Lonnie Langley, and Tim Lindley.
Cost: $91 non-members, $61 for IQI members, plus dues ($25.00) = $86.00 for a savings of $5.00. Registration fee includes lunch. Online registration taken at www.Illinoisqueeninitiative.com, You may use PayPal with any major credit card to sign-up.
You may also register by mail. Send a check payable to the Illinois Queen Initiative to:
Tim Lindley, IQI Treasurer
1222 Airport Ave., Greenville, IL 62246
Direct your registration questions to Tim Lindley at bigtshoneybeefarm@gmail.com or by phone at 618-780-3772. A week before the course additional driving instructions and dietary options will be provided. Annual dues are $25 and are optional. Paid members get discounts to classes and future meetings.
Questions regarding the class should be directed to David Dhom at davidandlisadhom@gmail.com
*** This is an IQI approved workshop for qualifying as an IQI Producer. ***
