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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230529
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URL:https://americanbeejournal.com/events/hands-on-queen-school/
SUMMARY:Hands-On Queen School
DESCRIPTION:In this class you will get to practice grafting\, building cell
  raisers\, selecting queens for breeding\, making mating nucs and raising 
 successful walk-away splits- all in Comfort hives you steward on site!  \
 nYou'll learn both 10-day cell and 2-day cell queen rearing strategies.  
  You'll gather data on the effectiveness of each method and even get a ch
 ance to take some queens home with you to your home apiary.\n\nAPPLY FOR E
 NROLLMENT HERE\nThis year we’re offering this work to a single cohort of
  students who will come for two intensive weekend sessions (May 27th-28th 
 and July 1st-2nd). We’re offering an optional advanced session for stud
 ents from 2022 &amp\; 2023 to come together and learn about advanced topic
 s in beekeeping (July 29th-30th).\nWe’re super excited to be welcoming g
 uest teachers from around the country. We have the pleasure of hosting Me
 lanie Kirby of Zia Queen Bees for a second year in a row as she discusses 
 queen selection and culture-building during our first weekend in May\, Jul
 ia Mahood of Map My DCA will be teaching us all about finding and identify
 ing drone congregation areas during the advanced session at the end of Jul
 y\, and Megan Mahoney will be performing an instrumental insemination demo
 nstration during the advanced session as well. We (Ang and Bi) will be tea
 ching during both the May 27th-28th and July 1st-2nd sessions as well\, an
 d onsite to host for all three weekends.\n 
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