This conference brings together beekeepers using organic, treatment-free methods for three days of ideas, discussion, and fun. Please join us for the 9th annual conference on February 26 – 28, 2016.
The meeting will begin in the early afternoon on Friday, February 26, with registration, dinner with a speaker, and a movie. Saturday and Sunday will feature keynote presentations, general sessions, breakout sessions, and hands-on workshops.
More information and registration at http://www.treatmentfreebeekeeping.org
Agenda
Confirmed speakers in 2016 include:
Bruce Brown, CC Pollen (Arizona, U.S.)
Regulations pertaining to international trade concerning honeybees and products of the hive
Michael Bush (Nebraska, U.S.)
Breeding and field management
Don Downs (U.S.)
Apitherapy
James Fearnley (UK)
Research update on pollen and propolis
Laura Ferguson, Director of College Mellissae and International Natural Beekeeping Federation (U.S.)
History of beekeeping
Jacqueline Freeman (U.S.)
Relational beekeeping: How to be best friends with your bees
Dee Lusby (Arizona, U.S.)
Nutritional values of honey, pollen, and propolis
Wrap/tie frame wiring and embedding
Strategies for working with bees in retirement
Using hand trucks and floor trucks for commercial workings
Benjamin Pixie (U.S.)
The magic and medicines of the honeybee: Mead-making as medicine