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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250217
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URL:https://americanbeejournal.com/events/beekeeping-in-northern-climates/
SUMMARY:Beekeeping in Northern Climates
DESCRIPTION:February 15-16\, 2025\nUniversity of Minnesota Arboretum\, Chas
 ka\, MN \nThe University of Minnesota Bee Lab and Bee Squad will help you
  get started in beekeeping. If you have no prior experience keeping bees i
 n our cold climate\, Beekeeping in Northern Climates will teach you the fo
 undations you need to know for success.\n\nTopics include:\n\n 	Purchasing
  equipment and honey bees\n 	Hiving packages and installing nucleus coloni
 es\n 	Choosing an apiary site\n 	Honey production and harvesting\n 	Succes
 sful strategies for the first winter\n 	Dividing colonies in spring to avo
 id swarms\n 	Introducing new queens to new divide colonies\n 	Preparing co
 lonies for the second winter\n 	Best management practices for controlling 
 diseases and mites\n\nLunch\, snacks\, and beverages will be provided. Our
  manual “Beekeeping in Northern Climates\, Third Edition” is also inc
 luded. You will have the opportunity to visit with beekeeping vendors and 
 watch demos of honey extraction\, winter wrapping\, and inspection of bees
 wax comb. \n\nFee: $230 member/$250 non-member includes Arboretum admissi
 on.\n\nInstructors:\n\n 	Dr. Katie Lee\, Apiculture Extension Educator\, 
 University of Minnesota\n 	Nelson Williams\, Bee Lab Apiary Manager\, Depa
 rtment of Entomology\, University of Minnesota\n 	Jessica Helgen\, Bee Squ
 ad Program Director\, Department of Entomology\, University of Minnesota\n
  	Jenny Warner\, Bee Squad Team Leader\, Department of Entomology\, Univer
 sity of Minnesota\n\nContact: For questions about the course\, email Kati
 e Lee at katielee@umn.edu
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