Monday, July 8, 2013

South Florida Bee College

Greetings Bee-lovers and friends!

 

Have you heard about South Florida Bee College? The University of Florida Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory’s popular beekeeping extension event is expanding! We are hosting this 2-day educational event, filled with food, fun, and plenty of hands-on learning experiences at the Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center in Davie Fl (Broward County) (http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/). There will be live bee hives, beekeeping gear, and multiple classes to choose from that throughout the day.

Our speaking line-up includes Dr. Malcolm Sanford (http://www.apisenterprises.com/) a UF emeritus professor and life-long beekeeper, Dr. Ernesto Guzman (https://www.uoguelph.ca/ses/users/eguzman) Head of the Bee Research Centre at the University of Guelph , Ontario Canada, David Westervelt, the Chief of Apiary Inspection at FDACS,  Keith Councell, the president of the Florida State Beekeepers Association (http://www.floridabeekeepers.org/), some of our talented and knowledgeable Florida State Bee Inspectors, and the staff at UF’s Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab!

There will be a 21-class Honey Show where you can enter your honey and products for awards, vendors selling bee equipment and lunch and dinner are included in  registration. For the first time, we will be offering a Spanish-speaking track to serve the needs of the growing beekeeping community in South Florida. Many of our speakers are fluent in both languages and will be delivering classes for both.

 

View the full schedule: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honeybee/extension/SFbee_college.shtml for details.

Register today: http://southfloridabeecollege.eventbrite.com/

 

The Venue is only 20 minutes from beautiful Ft. Lauderdale beach, what a great way to spend a long weekend in Florida! Learning about honey bees with some of the country’s experts and getting some time at the beach!!

 

We hope to see you all there! Please email me with questions or concerns jklopchin@ufl.edu

 

~Jeanette

 

Laboratory Manager/Extension Technician

Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory

Department of Entomology and Nematology

University of Florida

Bldg 970 Natural Area Drive

PO Box 110620

Gainesville, FL 32611-0620

Phone (352) 273-3932

Fax (352) 392 0190

www.ufhoneybee.com

www.afbee.com

@ UFhoneybeelab

@ UFNativeBuzz

 

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