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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250531
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URL:https://americanbeejournal.com/events/learn-queen-rearing-techniques-a
 t-uc-davis/
SUMMARY:Learn Queen-Rearing Techniques at UC Davis
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nThe UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program (C
 AMBP) has scheduled two bee courses: one on queen-rearing techniques May 3
 1- June 1\, 2025 and the other on instrumental insemination June 28\, 2025
  (see additional calendar event).\nBoth will be held in the E.L. Niño La
 b of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility\, located at 1 B
 ee Biology Road\, UC Davis.\nThey will be taught by CAMBP director and be
 e scientist Elina Niño\, professor of Cooperative Extension\, Apiculture
  and a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology facu
 lty\, and Laurent Rusert\, doctoral candidate in the Niño lab. Reservati
 ons are now underway.\n\nThe courses:\nQueen-Rearing Techniques Short Cour
 se — $495.00\nThis is an in-person\, two-day class to be held from 9 a.
 m. to 1:30 p.m.\, on Saturday\, May 31\, and Sunday\, June 1. Participants
  will practice and hone their grafting skills\, deepen their understanding
  of starter and finisher systems\, explore combination methods and mating 
 nuc uses\, learn hygienic testing for varroa\, and assess competency in gr
 afting based on their initial grafts on Day One. Participants also are wel
 come to return on Friday\, June 6 to pick up their queen cells. The course
  is described as  "a fun weekend with lots of practical grafting experien
 ce\, information on the latest science on queens\, and an opportunity to n
 etwork with beekeepers who share a passion for queen rearing. Lunch and re
 freshments with be provided."\nSee more at https://tinyurl.com/42yy9h8h\n\
 n"Queen-Rearing Techniques" and "Instrumental Insemination" are the speci
 alty at the E.L. Niño lab and are the only in-person classes offered this
  season.\n"If cost is a roadblock\, your local beekeeping association may 
 have a scholarship to support your attendance\," said co-program managers 
 Wendy Mather and Kian Nikzad.\nDuring the breaks\, the class participants 
 will visit the adjacent UC Davis Bee Haven\, a half-acre bee friendly dem
 onstration garden maintained by the Department of Entomology and Nematolog
 y. It is anchored by a ceramic-mosaic sculpture of a six-foot long worker 
 bee of ceramic-mosaic\, the work of Donna Billick of Davis. Ceramic-mosaic
  sculptures of native bees decorate a wall of the garden shed.\nNiño serv
 es as the director of the garden. The team includes Samantha "Sam" Murray\
 , garden coordinator\; Joe Tauzer\, Laidlaw facilities manager\; and Mathe
 r and Nikzad.\nCAMBP\, founded by Professor Niño in 2016\, uses science
 -based information to educate stewards and ambassadors for honey bees and
  beekeeping. It is a continuous train-the-trainer effort. "CAMBP’s visio
 n\," as specified on its website\, "is to certify Honey Bee Ambassador\, A
 pprentice\, Journey\, and Master level beekeepers so they can effectively 
 communicate the importance of honey bees and other pollinators within thei
 r communities\, serve as mentors for other beekeepers\, and become the inf
 ormational conduit between the beekeeping communities throughout the state
  and UC Cooperative Extension staff."\n\n\n
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